This section describes what is .mpg file name extension for MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) file.
.mpg is the file name extension for files that stores audio and video data together
using the MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) formats developed by ISO/IEC.
There are several MPEG formats available today:
MPEG-1: Initial video and audio compression standard.
Later used as the standard for Video CD, and includes the popular Layer 3 (MP3) audio compression format.
MPEG-2: Transport, video and audio standards for broadcast-quality television.
MPEG-3: Originally designed for HDTV, but abandoned when it was realized
that MPEG-2 (with extensions) was sufficient for HDTV.
MPEG-4: Expands MPEG-1 to support video/audio "objects", 3D content, low bitrate encoding
and support for Digital Rights Management.
MPEG-21: Defines an open framework for multimedia applications.
Audio data and video data stored in MPEG files may have different parameters
compression codec. I have a sample MPEG-1 file, which has the following parameters:
