MPEG-1

📚 Key Takeaways:

📌 What is MPEG-1? MPEG-1 is a video and audio compression standard developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) in 1993. It is the original MPEG standard and laid the foundation for subsequent MPEG standards.

📌 What is MPEG-1 used for? The MPEG-1 format was primarily devised for encoding video and audio data for storage and playback on Video CDs (VCDs). The MP3 audio format is also based on the MPEG-1 Audio Layer III standard, which became the most popular compressed audio format. Besides, early streaming video and multimedia broadcasting systems relied on MPEG-1 compression.

Find more information about the MPEG-1 format from the overview table below!

Overview Table of the MPEG-1 Format

Category	Details
File Format	MPEG-1
What’s MPEG-1	Coding of moving pictures and associated audio for digital storage media at up to about 1,5 Mbit/s
Media Type	Video/Audio
Format Type	Codec
File Extension	.mpg, .mpeg, .mp3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer III)
License Fee	Patented
Developed by	Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
Initial Release	1993
Specifications (first release)	ISO/IEC 11172-1:1993 -- Part 1: Systems ISO/IEC 11172-2:1993 -- Part 2: Video ISO/IEC 11172-3:1993 -- Part 3: Audio ISO/IEC 11172-4:1995 -- Part 4: Compliance testing ISO/IEC TR 11172-5:1998 -- Part 5: Software simulation
Cons	▪ Maximum resolution: 352x288 ▪ Lack of support for interlaced videos ▪ Lower compression efficiency ▪ Suited for early, low-bitrate multimedia systems multimedia systems
Uses	Video CDs, MP3 audio, and limited-bandwidth system legacy

References:
https://www.mpeg.org/standards/MPEG-1/
https://web.archive.org/web/20100215005016/http://mpeg.chiariglione.org/standards/mpeg-1/mpeg-1.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-1

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