What is MPEG-1

• Standard (ISO) movie compression format for storing video and audio.

• Useful for creating movies for CD-ROMs, the Web, and playback on a computer.

• Compression is done within a frame (interframe encoding) and between frames (intraframe encoding).

• MPEG-1 players are available on Mac, Unix, NT, and Windows platforms.

• Other Common computer movie formats:

  • Microsoft's .AVI
  • Apple’s QuickTime
  • For more information on making a MPEG movie see:http://www-vis.lbl.gov/software/MPEGmovie.html

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