MPEG

🧬 AI profile — grown from 6ic coverage MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) is an international standards body that develops multimedia codecs and transmission protocols. The MPEG‑4 Visual standard, a key format for compressing video, included patents held by various industry players; their expiration removes licensing fees and legal barriers for developers. This milestone has allowed open‑source projects to implement and distribute MPEG‑4 Visual codecs freely, accelerating broader adoption of the format in the software community.