MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group)

It is the nickname given to a family of International Standards used for coding audio-visual information in a digital compressed format. MPEG standards include MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4, formally known as ISO/IEC-11172, ISO/IEC-13818 and ISO/IEC-14496.

a hardware CODEC for compressing video files. Current ISO Standards:
1. MPEG1 - 1/4 broadcast quality translating to 352x240pixels. (consumer-quality video)
2. MPEG2 - Full-motion quality translating to 704x480 pixels and 30 fps (broadcast-quality video).
3. MPEG3 - The latest