Friday 8 September 200, 1430hrs, IBC, Amsterdam

 

Latest Developments in MPEG


Chaired by: Rob Koenen, KPN Research, The Netherlands

A review of recent developments in MPEG: MPEG-4, MPEG-7 and MPEG-21. The newest additions to the MPEG-4 Standard explained: coding tools for studio quality video and fine-grain scalability, as well as the textual scene description format and the Advanced Timing Model.

Also, an up-to-date overview of MPEG-7, the up-coming content description standard. Particular attention to describing MPEG-7 technology and to the MPEG-7 validation experiments in applying the standard to real-world questions.

The session closed with a brief introduction to the work being done under the umbrella of MPEG-21, the effort to understand the entire infrastructure needed for the delivery and consumption of multimedia content, and to address gaps where appropriate.

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Introduction - HTML and PDF

By Rob Koenen, KPN Research, The Netherlands

1. Recent additions to the object based MPEG-4 Coding standard

New Ground for MPEG-4 Visual – HTML and PDF
by Prof.Jens-Rainer Ohm, University of Aachen, Germany
- Very High Quality Video
- Fine Grain Scalablity

Extensions to MPEG-4 Systems – HTML and PDF
by Dr Michelle Kim, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center,USA
- Textual Format and relation to Web Standards
- Advanced Timing Model ('Flexitime')

2. Developments in MPEG-7

Status of MPEG-7 the content Description Standard – HTML and PDF
by Prof Phillipe Salembier Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain
- Overview and Status of the Work
- Testing MPEG-7 with Real-World Applications

3. Introduction to MPEG-21

MPEG-21: A framework for open Delivery and Consumption of Multimedia content – HTML and PDF
by Jan Bormans, IMEC, Belgium and Keith Hill, Rightscom, UK
-Overview of MPEG-21 Framework and its environment
Where are the gaps, and who is acting to fill them?

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