- Are you or have you been an MPEG member?
I have participated in JCT-VC work on behalf of CSR. - What do you think makes MPEG special?
Involvement of “field engineers” in development of standards. - What do you think is the most important MPEG impact?
AVC/H.264 - Do you think MPEG is a good conduit for research?
Because MPEG is an independent body, therefore research is expected to be unbiased. In private companies any research for open publication is commonly biased (or aligned to the company’s strategical targets).
On the other hand in academical circles the research on new standards is not always recognized as “academic”. Therefore such research is conducted by graduate students. - Can you comment on your MPEG experience?
According to my experience in JCT-VC, not always decision making was fair (or i failed to grasp a rationale for accepting a concrete decision and rejecting the alternatives). Therefore I finally abandoned JCT-VC. - Are you satisfied with MPEG standards?
AVC/H.264 is a success. However, patent issues of HEVC stopped wide adoption of this standard. Besides, HEVC have dozens flaws, I elaborated all drawbacks of HEVC in my tutorial on HEVC (https://app.box.com/s/rxxxzr1a1lnh7709yvih) - Do you think MPEG standards are the right choice?
Due to lack of alternative, MPEG video compression standards is the right choice. For example, AV1 supplies apparently better coding efficiency but it’s overcomplicated to be widely accepted in devices (like phones) in near future. - What do you expect from MPEG in the future?
Hybrid Coding approach has been completely exploited. To get a gain of several percents in coding efficiency one need increases the complexity several times. We need other approaches.
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