Talk:MPEG-2
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Chronology
[edit]I was just reading here that "Silicon Philosophies - formerly Front Porch Video - engineered the world's first MPEG-2 encoder for Toshiba and Warner in 1996". I came to the article, not specifically to check on the accuracy of that, but to get a general idea of the development timeline. No joy. I note the section already has an expansion tag. Some fleshing out would be welcome. Wwwhatsup (talk) 11:57, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
Patent pool licenses.
[edit]The Patent pool section lists prices of $2-$2.50 and lists the year 2010. According to the official website the prices changed on 1 January 2016.
Quotes:
From January 1, 2016 forward, the royalty rate for MPEG-2 Decoding Products will be $0.50 per unit with right of voluntary termination on 30-days written notice, but Licensees may elect a royalty of $0.35 with right of voluntary termination on or after January 1, 2018 on 30-days written notice.
From January 1, 2016 forward, the royalty rate for MPEG-2 Encoding Products will be $0.50 per unit with right of voluntary termination on 30-days written notice, but Licensees may elect a royalty of $0.35 with right of voluntary termination on or after January 1, 2018 on 30-days written notice.
From January 1, 2016 forward, the royalty rate for Consumer Products will be $0.50 per codec with right of voluntary termination on 30-days written notice, but Licensees may elect a royalty of $0.35 with right of voluntary termination on or after January 1, 2018 on 30-days written notice. [1]
Sjfeenstra (talk) 12:38, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
Just a reminder about writing for non-experts - acronyms are cryptic
[edit]It would be nice if the acronym "MPEG" (Motion Pictures Experts Group) was defined as it is here the first time it appears in any article where it is mentioned. There seems to be only one of the major MPEG-related articles where this currently happens, and then only as a caption above the summary box on the right. Notice that the definition was not used in the second MPEG occurrence or this, the third MPEG occurrence.
This applies to any article using acronyms. They usually flummox the non-expert. Sometimes deliberately by self-flummoxed experts.
Acronyms:
the plural form of acronym; a word that apparently no one on the internet feels is worthy of being defined.
Miguel Bueno:"Brown Thunder, do you use acronyms as a part of speech. "
Brown Thunder: "OMG, Yes! #YOLO"
#acronym#yolo#lol#rofl#omg#omfg
What is the acronym for BAD?
Bad Ass Divas, Broken As Defined, Bald And Dangerous
Reference sources not formally cited to avoid markup complexity by Wikipedia non-expert:
thefreedictionary..., Urban Dictionary...