Video Compression: MPEG-4
If you are at all familiar with digital video and audio technology, you've probably heard or read the term MPEG (emm-peg) by now. This acronym, which stands for Moving Picture Experts Group, refers to a set of standards agreed upon by an international group of top-notch audio/video technicians for creating and playing digital video and sound. The MPEG set of standards has worked its way into our everyday lives: DVD, digital satellite television, digital cable and Internet music all make use of the MPEG standards.
In this article, we'll take a look at one of the newest and most promising of these standards: MPEG-4. We'll examine what makes MPEG-4 so interesting and how you can expect to make use of MPEG-4 in your future video creations. By the time you're finished with the article, we hope you'll be as excited as we are about the possibilities that this technology presents to videographers, audio specialists and digital content creators of all st…
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