MPEG-2 and DVB Standards

MPEG-2 Standards

MPEG-2 Standards are published by the International Standards Organisation (ISO) and are produced by the Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG). The MPEG-2 standard is currently in 9 parts. The first three parts of of MPEG-2 have reached International Standard status, other parts are at different levels of completion. One has been withdrawn.

ISO/IEC DIS 13818-1 Information technology -- Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information: Systems

ISO/IEC DIS 13818-2 Information technology -- Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information: Video

ISO/IEC 13818-3:1995 Information technology -- Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information -- Part 3: Audio

ISO/IEC DIS 13818-4 Information technology -- Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information -- Part 4: Compliance testing

ISO/IEC DTR 13818-5 Information technology -- Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio -- Part 5: Software simulation (Future TR)

ISO/IEC IS 13818-6 Information technology -- Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information -- Part 6: Extensions for DSM-CC is a full software implementation

ISO/IEC IS 13818-9 Information technology -- Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information -- Part 9: Extension for real time interface for systems decoders

DVB Standards

DVB stands for Digital Video Broadcast. DVB Standards and related documents are developed under the DVB Project (founded in 1993) and are published by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). The standards are based on the ISO MPEG-2 standard, but extend this to cover system specific details to ensure a fully specified system. DVB has been adopted by most countries world wide, with the exception of countries based on the U.S. NTSC analogue TV system (these include: USA, Mexico, Canada, South Korea, Taiwan). These countries have chosen a similar, but incompatible, system also based on MPEG-2. This alternate system is specified by the US Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC). A related (almost identical) system is known as Digicipher-2 (DC-II). Both DVB and ATSC/DC-II support normal and High Definition TV (HDTV).

DVB standards may be grouped by the transmission method employed:

There are many other DVB documents, defining parts of the complete system, including:

ETSI Technical Reports are denoted by the prefix "ETR" whereas ETSI Standards are denoted by the prefix "ETS".

DAVIC Specifications

DAVIC Standards and related documents are published by the Digital Audio Visual Council (DAVIC):

The DAVIC 1.0 standard includes:

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