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This article is from the MPEG FAQ, by Frank Gadegast phade@cs.tu-berlin.de with numerous contributions by others.

31 MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 are ready-for-use. How do the standards look like? (ISO-MPEG Standard - MPEG Audio Layer-3)

Both standards consist of 4 main parts.
The structure is the same for MPEG-1 and MPEG-2.
-1: System describes synchronization and multiplexing of video and audio
-2: Video describes compression of video signals
-3: Audio describes compression of audio signals
-4: Compliance Testing describes procedures for determining the characteristics
of coded bitstreams and the decoding process and for testing compliance with
the requirements stated in the other parts.

How do I get the MPEG documents?

You order it from your national standards body.
E.g., in Germany, please contact:
DIN-Beuth Verlag, Auslandsnormen
Mrs. Niehoff, Burggrafenstr. 6, D-10772 Berlin, Germany
Phone: +49-30-2601-2757, Fax: +49-30-2601-1231

 

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