Thursday, July 16, 2020

MPEG131 Press Release (Index): WG11 (MPEG) Announces VVC – the Versatile Video Coding Standard

WG11 (MPEG) Announces VVC – the Versatile Video Coding Standard


The 131st WG 11 (MPEG) meeting was held online, 29 June – 3 July 2020

Table of Contents

Standards progressing to final approval ballot (FDIS)
Call for Proposals
Standards progressing to the first milestone of the ISO standard development process
Webinar: What’s new in MPEG?

MPEG cordially invites to its first webinar: What's new in MPEG? A brief update about the results of its 131st MPEG meeting featuring:
  • Welcome and Introduction: Jörn Ostermann, Acting Convenor of WG11 (MPEG)
  • Versatile Video Coding (VVC): Jens-Rainer Ohm and Gary Sullivan, JVET Chairs
  • MPEG 3D Audio: Schuyler Quackenbusch, MPEG Audio Chair
  • Video-based Point Cloud Compression (V-PCC): Marius, Preda, MPEG 3DG Chair
  • MPEG Immersive Video (MIV): Bart Kroon, MPEG Video BoG Chair
  • Carriage of Versatile Video Coding (VVC) and Enhanced Video Coding (EVC): Young-Kwon Lim, MPEG Systems Chair
  • MPEG Roadmap: Jörn Ostermann, Acting Convenor of WG11 (MPEG)
When: Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 10:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC (to accommodate different time zones)
How: Please register here https://bit.ly/mpeg131. Q&A via sli.do (https://app.sli.do/event/xpzpkhlm; event # 54597) starting from July 21, 2020.

How to contact WG 11 (MPEG) and Further Information

Journalists that wish to receive WG 11 (MPEG) Press Releases by email should contact Dr. Christian Timmerer at christian.timmerer@itec.uni-klu.ac.at or christian.timmerer@bitmovin.com or subscribe via https://lists.aau.at/mailman/listinfo/mpeg-pr. For timely updates follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/mpeggroup).

Future WG 11 (MPEG) meetings are planned as follows: 
  • No. 132, Online, 12 – 16 October 2020
  • No. 133, Cape Town, ZA, 11 – 15 January 2021
  • No. 134, Geneva, CH, 26 – 30 April 2021
  • No. 135, Prague, CZ, 12 – 16 July 2021
For further information about WG 11 (MPEG), please contact:

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörn Ostermann (Convenor of WG 11 (MPEG), Germany)
Leibniz Universität Hannover
Appelstr. 9A
30167 Hannover, Germany
Tel: ++49 511 762 5316
Fax: ++49 511 762 5333

or

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Christian Timmerer
Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt | Bitmovin Inc.
9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria, Europe
Tel: +43 463 2700 3621

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