An encoding standard designed as an extension of the MPEG-1 international standard for digital compression of audio and video signals.
MPEG-1 was designed to code progressively scanned video at bit rates up to about 1.5 Mbit/s for applications such as CD-i. MPEG-2 is directed at broadcast formats at higher data rates; it provides increased support for efficiently coding interlaced video, supports a wide range of bit rates and provides for multichannel surround sound coding such as PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG audio.
Advantages: * Good Quality * Can burn onto DVD disc Disadvantages: * Large file size * 4.7GB for 2 hours of video (the file size will differ based on the bitrate used, higher the bitrate, the bigger the file size) Note: Can easily produce high quality videos on DVD, using a DVD burner.