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Convenor of MPEG
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Approved by WG11
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MPEG Press Release
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 11 N6303
March 2004 – Munich, DE
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MPEG received 14 complete specification proposals and another 12 discrete technology responses to its Call for Proposals on Scalable Video Coding (SVC) issued in Dec 2003. The level of response provides MPEG with the opportunity to create a robust base level suite of tools from which to standardize SVC in the future. "This is a clear indication that there is new and innovative video technology that MPEG can bring to industry in a future video standard while taking stock of the various video coding technologies developed by MPEG" said Dr. Leonardo Chiariglione, Convener of WG 11 (The MPEG Committee). The work will begin immediately with MPEG’s traditional core experiments and is expected to be completed in late 2006 early 2007.
MPEG continues to take the industry lead in standardizing the Multimedia Framework. Responses to the December 2003 Call for Requirements on MPEG-21 Intellectual Property Management and Protection (IPMP) has lead to refined a Call for Proposals for such technology from this meeting. (See below for CfP details). This call and others issued over the past 4 years are part of the suite of standards that constitute MPEG-21.
At the 68th meeting the MPEG experts reviewed the responses to a CfP on MPEG-21 Event Reporting and have begun the work to standardize this technology. The MPEG experts have also completed their work on the Evaluation Tools for Persistent Association. Technology is also being added to Digital Item Adaptation completed late last year.
In other MPEG News
MPEG has completed its technical work on Advanced text and graphics. The document ISO/IEC 14496-18 references OpenType® specification as the font format representation for font data streaming and standardizes MicroType® Express as the font compression technology for OpenType TrueType fonts.
MPEG has completed the MPEG-4 X3D Interactive profile, the result of collaboration with the Web3D Consortium. Applications using this profile will be compatible between ISO/IEC 14496 (MPEG-4) and ISO/IEC 19775 standards.
The Intellectual Property Management and Protection Extensions work in MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 is complete and the corresponding reference software and conformance tests, were also completed at the 69th meeting.
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Details of how to obtain MPEG’s Calls for Proposal’s (CfPs) and other public information is shown below.
Call for Proposals on MPEG-21 IPMP
MPEG issued a call for Proposals for Intellectual Property Management and Protection technology to be used in MPEG-21. With this Call, MPEG seeks to further enable interoperability in the digital media landscape. Details of the CfP are in N6390 and can be obtained as shown below.
Call for Proposals on Lightweight Application Scene Representation (LASR)
MPEG will evaluate responses to proposals MPEG-4 Lightweight Scene Representation (LASR).
The goal of LASR is to provide a representation of scene data that is well suited for constrained environments, such as mobile devices.
The deadline for the Call is 11th of June. Proposals will be evaluated in a so-called ‘MPEG Ad Hoc Group (AHG) meeting’ in Paris, France, (June 14-17th) where proponents will be asked to present their proposals for evaluation. They are also invited to participate in the ensuing discussions at the next regular MPEG meeting. (see below for information on the 69th meeting) as well as by e-mail on the AHG reflector. Details for the call may be obtained in N6337.
Call for Proposals on Spatial Audio Coding
At this meeting, WG11 issued a Call for Proposals on "Spatial Audio Coding" technology. This technology has shown significant potential for providing efficient coding of multi-channel audio signals at rates comparable to those used for coding of 1 or 2 channel signals. At the same time, such technology allows the upgrade of existing mono or (2-channel) stereo transmission systems to delivery of multi-channel service in a compatible way, such that legacy decoders continue to provide full-quality audio output. Responses to the CfP are due at the 69th MPEG meeting. Details for obtain the CfP (N6455) are below.
Draft Call for Proposal on Symbolic Music Representation
MPEG is starting a new activity aimed at integrating Symbolic Music Representation into MPEG multimedia applications and formats. This will support a large set of very interesting interactive applications for end users in the areas of music education, multimedia content distribution and music archiving. A draft call for proposals has been prepared and a final Call for Proposals will be issued at the 69th MPEG meeting. Details for obtain the CfP (N6457) are below.
Further information
Future MPEG meetings are as follows: 69th meeting in Redmond, WA(US) July 19-23, 2004 and the 70th meeting in Palma de Mallorca October 25-29, 2004 and the 71st in Hong Kong, China January 17-21, 2005.
For further information about MPEG, please contact:
Dr. Leonardo Chiariglione, (Convenor of MPEG, Italy)
Via Borgionera, 103
10040 Villar Dora (TO), Italy
Tel +39 011 935 04 61
Email: mailto:leonardo@chiariglione.net
or
Peter Schirling
IBM Research – Digital Media Standards
River Road, MS 862H
Essex Junction, VT 05452, US
Tel +1 802 769 6123 Fax: +1 802 769 7362
Email: schirlin@us.ibm.com
This press release and other MPEG-related information can be found on the MPEG homepage:
http://www.chiariglione.org/mpeg
For the Outstanding Call for Proposals, see the Hot News section, http://www.chiariglione.org/mpeg/hot_news.htm
The MPEG homepage has links to other MPEG pages, which are maintained by some of the subgroups. It also contains links to public documents that are freely available for download to non-MPEG members.
Journalists that wish to receive MPEG Press Releases by email can contact Peter Schirling.