INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR STANDARDISATION
ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11
CODING OF MOVING PICTURES AND AUDIO

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11N
MPEG98
July 1998 - Dublin

Main results of Dublin meeting

MPEG-2

1. Even though MPEG has no role in patents, the group was informed that Dolby will provide a one-stop licencing services for MPEG-2 AAC patents.

MPEG-4

1. The "Narrow band audio broadcasting" verification tests have been successfully completed.
2. A new workplan for MPEG-4 Verification Tests has been approved

   Date	Verification test
   October '98 meeting	Video error resilience Music on Internet Speech coding Content-based video coding
   December '98 meeting	Scalability

3. A new Working Draft of the MPEG-4 Systems version 2 standard has been approved. This contains:
   • BIFS extensions
   • MPEG-4 File Format
   • AAVS
   • Intellectual Property Management and Protection
4. A new Verification Model for SNHC version 2 has been approved. This contains:
   • Body Animation
   • 3D model coding
5. An experimental editor of MPEG-4 content has been offered by Jean-Claude Dufourd (ENST)

MPEG-7

1. Further progress has been made on the way to evaluate MPEG-7 proposals.
2. An Advance MPEG-7 Call for Proposals has been published
3. A further Call for Content has been issued.
4. The offer of Lancaster University (UK) to host the February 1999 MPEG-7 test has been accepted.

Others

1. Future MPEG meetings will be held at

• Atlantic City, NJ (Oct. '98)
• Eilat, IL (Dec. '98)
• Seoul, KR (Mar. '99)
• Vancouver, BC, CA (Jul. 1999)
• Maui, HI, US (Nov. '99).