The MPEG Home Page

This is the home page of the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) a working group of ISO/IEC in charge of the development of standards for coded representation of digital audio and video. Established in 1988, the group has produced MPEG-1, the standard on which such products as Video CD and MP3 are based, MPEG-2, the standard on which such products as Digital Television set top boxes and DVD are based, MPEG-4, the standard for multimedia for the fixed and mobile web, MPEG-7, the standard for description and search of audio and visual content and  MPEG-21, the Multimedia Framework.

MPEG has recently started a number of new standard lines: MPEG-A "Multimedia Application Format" provides application-specific standards by integrating multiple MPEG technologies. MPEG-B, MPEG-C and MPEG-D provide  Systems, Video and Audio specific standards, respectively, and MPEG-E "MPEG Multimedia Middleware" or M3W is the latest standard under development that will support download and execution of multimedia applications.

In its 18 years of activity MPEG has developed an impressive portfolio of technologies that have created an industry worth several hundreds billion USD. Read an overview of the achievements and current work by MPEG.

MPEG standards can be purchased directly from ISO by email, from their website or from a National Body. Some MPEG standards are publicly available (including reference software). 

In a world where information technology, consumer electronics and telecommunication products converge by incorporating increasingly sophisticated technologies and the need for timely available standards is as strong as ever, MPEG provides a proven mechanism to feed research results into standards that promote industry innovation to the benefit of all.

MPEG is a committee of ISO/IEC that is open to experts duly accredited by an appropriate National Standards Body. On average a meeting is attended by more than 300 experts representing more than 200 companies spanning all industry domains with a stake in digital audio, video and multimedia. On average more than 20 countries are represented at a meeting.