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H.264 Compression Technologies: MPEG Solutions in Transition

H.264 offers around twice the compression efficiency as compared with MPEG-2 video; however the increase in processing complexity to achieve this gain is also a magnitude of two. Extensions to the MPEG-2 standard to incorporate H.264, as an additional Elementary Stream (ES) type within an MPEG-2 Transport Stream (TS), have made it accessible and attractive to broadcasters and network operators.

This transition presents a challenge for not only equipment manufacturers developing H.264 variants, but also for the broadcast and networking industries.

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A Guide to MPEG Fundamentals

MPEG is one of the most popular audio/video compression techniques because it is not just a single standard. Instead it is a range of standards suitable for different applications but based on similar principles. MPEG is an acronym for the Moving Picture Experts Group which was set up by the ISO (International Standards Organization) to work on compression.
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