MPEG-2

Standard for the generic coding of moving pictures and audio

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MPEG-2 is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information". It describes a combination of lossy video compression and lossy audio data compression methods, which permit storage and transmission of movies using currently available storage media and transmission bandwidth. While MPEG-2 is not as efficient as newer standards such as H.264/AVC and H.265/HEVC, backwards compatibility with existing hardware and software means it is still widely used, for example in over-the-air digital television broadcasting and in the DVD-Video standard.

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Named after: Moving Picture Experts Group
Follows: MPEG-1
Public domain date: February 13, 2018
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Members / parts: H.262/MPEG-2 Video

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