- Are you or have you been an MPEG member?
Not directly but I workedfor companies like C-Cube Microsystems who sent experts to MPEG. - What do you think makes MPEG special?
People make MPEG special, the caliber of the engineers is unparalled in most cases. I have run into some of the same people at AOM. - What do you think is the most important MPEG impact?
The biggest impact has been in actual audio and video compression technology. If I were to fine tune that, I would say video compression such as MPEG-2, AVC, and HEVC. - Do you think MPEG is a good conduit for research?
MPEG is a good conduit for research. - Can you comment on your MPEG experience?
Lots of experience both as an implementer (MPEG-2 encoding, AVC encoding, HEVC encoding) and also doing patent analysis (HEVC). - Are you satisfied with MPEG standards?
I think that the standards can be made clearer to implement by continuing to rev. the implementations with answers to questions of implementers. For example, when I designed a video capture module for Intel, I did 51 revisions of the document incorporating an answer to any question that readers had. Another suggestion is to keep implementing details in the reference open source encoders so that there is no doubt about how to interpret the standard. - Do you think MPEG standards are the right choice?
All answers are my own opinion, not that of my employer Amazon. I don’t really have an answer on whether MPEG standards are the right choice beyond AVC. AV1 is looking quite good for my own uses. I like the performance of HEVC but the licensing is still messy. - What do you expect from MPEG in the future?
I expect the same advances in technology from members but better decisions in licensing. I really look forward to seeing what VVC can do and how it will be licensed.
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