This course studies the MPEG standards for video and audio compression. A major focus is on MPEG-4 and MPEG-TS. Hands on includes decoding and analysing MPEG streams.
Anyone working with MPEG.
None.
2 days
What is MPEG? MPEG and VCEG, MPEG 1, MPEG 2, MPEG-3, MPEG-4, MPEG-H, others, codecs and containers, licensing and patents, parts and layers (System, Video, Audio, others).
DVD, DVB, characteristics, MPEG2 Part2, audio MPEG2 Part 7 (AAC).
Wireshark, vlc, analysers, decoders, ffmpeg, wowzer.
Sampling, bit rates, resolution. Inter and Intra
frame coding, I, B, P frames, GOP, slices,
blocks, macroblocks. Motion estimation.
Hands on Analysing MPEG frames.
Profiles and levels, Enhancements, Parts 1,2,3, Part 10 and AVC, Part 14 and mp4. Performance versus MPEG2.
Coding, frequencies, bit rates.
PES, Transport Streams, TS elements, packets, PID, Programs, PSI, PAT, PMT, synchronisation, PCR, PTS.
HEVC, benefits, improvements.
What is a CODEC, pictures and audio, digitisation, sampling, quantisation, encoding, compressing.
"Excellent presentation - very good course structure."
"Technical aspect were explained in very accessible, audience adjusted way."
This structured course uses Instructor Led Training to provide the best possible learning experience. Small class sizes ensure students benefit from our engaging and interactive style of teaching with delegates encouraged to ask questions throughout the course. Quizzes follow each major section allowing checking of learning. Hands on sessions are used throughout to allow delegates to consolidate their new skills.