Broadcast and media : MPEG-2 transport stream syntax and elementary stream encoding

Subject

MPEG-2 is an established standard worldwide for baseband encoding of digital television signals. MPEG-2 is also used for video and audio baseband source encoding for digital video broadcasting (DVB).

This seminar covers the important parts of the MPEG-2 procedure required for practical use. Besides the MPEG-2 transport stream structure, we take an especially close look at the service tables and at elementary stream encoding.

Content

• Structure of the MPEG-2 transport stream
• Transport stream header and elementary stream header
• MPEG-2 tables
• Service tables
• MPEG-2 video encoding
• MPEG-4 AVC
• Video quality analysis of digital TV signals
• Outlook for 3D television
• MPEG-2 audio encoding
• Practical demonstrations and measurement of live signals

Target Group

• Engineers and technicians working in the fields of television and video technology who would like to learn about this new technology and already have basic TV knowledge.
• Duration: 2 days
• Training location: Munich
• Language: English