MPEG standards: where are we today?
Systems
Chris&an Timmerer
Klagenfurt University (UNIKLU)  Faculty of Technical Sciences (TEWI)
Department of Informa&on Technology (ITEC)  Mul&media Communica&on (MMC)
h3p://research.8mmerer.com  h3p://blog.8mmerer.com  mailto:chris8an.8mmerer@itec.uni‐klu.ac.at

Outline
• Introduc8on
– Delivery Formats (File/Transport)
– Mul8media Applica8on Formats
• MPEG‐V: Informa8on Exchange with Virtual
Worlds
• MPEG‐M: Mul8media Extensible Middleware
(MXM)
• Advanced IPTV Terminal (AIT)
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Systems
• Coded Representa&on of Delivery Protocols and Formats,
of Presenta8on Informa8on, and of Schemes for Declaring
and Describing Mul8media Content Data Structures and
Related Informa8on
• Area of Work
– Carriage and the storage of mul8media content and related
informa8on on specific delivery mechanisms
– Presenta8on of a combina8on of coded media such as text,
images, graphics, audio, moving images and related informa8on
– Schemes that declare and describe digital items, mul8media
content data structures and related informa8on, enabling
crea8on, exchange, distribu8on, transac8on, storage, search,
retrieval, browsing and filtering of digital items and mul8media
content
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Delivery Formats (File/Transport)
AhG
• MPEG program/transport stream (.ps/.ts): N10509
DVD, DVB, DMB, ATSC
• MPEG‐1/‐2 file formats
ISO base media ff
(.mpg, .mpeg, .mp3)
• MPEG‐4, Part 12: ISO base media file
format mp21
– Jointly with JPEG mp4 jpeg
– MP4 file format (.mp4) avc
– AVC file format + support for
SVC, MVC (.mp4) svc mvc
– MPEG‐21 file format (.mp21)
h3p://lists.uni‐klu.ac.at/mailman/lis8nfo/mp4‐sys
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Mul8media Applica8on Format (MAF)
MPEG‐A specifies a combina8on of already standardized
MPEG and non‐MPEG, tools providing an appropriate
technical solu8on for a class of applica8ons.
Pt. 1: Purpose of MAFs (TR)
Pt. 2: Music Player (Apr’07)
Pt. 3: Photo Player (Oct’06)
Pt. 4: Musical Slide Show (Apr’07)
Pt. 5: Media Streaming (Oct’07)
Pt. 6: Professional Archival (Oct’08)
Pt. 7: Open Access (Jan’08)
Pt. 8: Portable Video (Apr’08)
Pt. 9: Digital Mul8media Broadcas8ng (Oct’07)
Pt. 10: Video Surveillance (Jul’08)
Pt. 11: Stereoscopic Video (Oct’08)
Pt. 12: Interac8ve Music (Apr’10)
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MPEG‐V: Informa8on Exchange with Virtual Worlds
AhG
N10512
h3p://lists.uni‐klu.ac.at/mailman/lis8nfo/metaverse
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MPEG‐V: Sensory Informa8on
• Sensory Effect Descrip8on Language
– Basic building blocks: Descrip8onMetadata, Declara8on, Effect,
GroupOfEffects, Parameter
– Common a3ributes: XSI, ac8vate, dura8on, fade‐in, fade‐out, alt,
priority, intensity, posi8on, adaptType, adaptRange, autoExtrac8on,
– Low‐level datatypes: vacant
• Sensory Effect Vocabulary
– (Color) Light, Temperature, Wind, Vibra8on
– Flash Light, Water Sprayer, Perfumer/Scent, Fog, Window Blind/
Shadow, Sound, Color Correc8on
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MPEG‐M: MPEG Extensible Middleware (MXM)
AhG
N10515
h3p://lists.uni‐klu.ac.at/mailman/lis8nfo/mxm
h3p://mxm.wg11.sc29.org/
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Advanced IPTV Terminal (AIT)
AhG
N10514
• The AIT standard intends to enhance IPTV services by
extending terminal capabili8es with advanced features such as:
– Content genera8on, processing, and distribu8on by a large number of
users
– Global, seamless and transparent use (regardless of geo‐loca8on,
service provider, network provider and manufacturer)
– Diversity of user experience through easy download and installa8on of
applica8ons produced by a global community of developers
• Shall be jointly developed by ISO/MPEG and ITU‐T Q.13/Q.16
• Use cases
Professional / user generated contents for mash‐ups
–
Commercial live event
–
Live niche programs
–
Pay‐per‐view over the Internet
–
h3p://lists.uni‐klu.ac.at/mailman/lis8nfo/jiptv
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Links
• MPEG Web site:
h3p://www.chiariglione.org/MPEG
• MPEG Mee8ngs:
h3p://www.chiariglione.org/MPEG/
mee8ngs.htm
• MPEG Content Management:
h3p://wg11.sc29.org/index.xalter
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Thank you for your a3en8on
... ques8ons, comments, etc. are welcome …
Ass.‐Prof. Dipl.‐Ing. Dr. Chris8an Timmerer
Klagenfurt University, Department of Informa8on Technology (ITEC)
Universitätsstrasse 65‐67, A‐9020 Klagenfurt, AUSTRIA
chris8an.8mmerer@itec.uni‐klu.ac.at
h3p://research.8mmerer.com/
Tel: +43/463/2700 3621 Fax: +43/463/2700 3699
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