MetaFilter posts tagged with mpeg

It's like that 'Weights & Measures' page in your day planner. For digital media files.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:28:59 -0800

cat-snorting.com

mr_crash_davis — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:48:12 -0800

kontraband.com is one of the strangest sites I've seen in some time. I have no idea how these people got their cats wedged into their noses, or why.

It was a good time for a great taste

Peter H — Tue, 24 Aug 2004 15:54:31 -0800

Jason Alexander thinks the McDLT is the best tasting lettuce and tomato hamburger ever. [link to 10mb MPEG file]

Perspectives on AIDS in Africa

stonerose — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 09:44:15 -0800

As the world meets in Bangkok to discuss responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic (wow, even Richard Gere thinks it's important!), these very effective public service ads (1, 2, 3 all .mpg files) from the Stephen Lewis Foundation bring the epidemic down (or up) to an emotional level.

somebody's watching me

badstone — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:27:10 -0800

The MPEG-7 Standard, due for release this spring, has a strong information retrieval focus, including face recognition technology fast enough to locate a scene containing a particular person out of 24 hours of video in one second on a conventional computer.

joemaller — Tue, 12 Feb 2002 14:59:44 -0800

Apple announced QuickTime 6 today with MPEG 4 support but refused to release it. Apple, along with other members of the Internet Streaming Media Alliance are not happy with the the MPEG-4 licensing scheme. And they have good reason, among other fees, the plan includes per minute charges for viewing content, with no maximum amount.

Is this the Moving Picture Experts Group and their licensing partners admitting that content will be worthless in 5 years? Is the financial future of the entertainment industry modeled on the utility companies?