- Extension
- .mpeg-2
- .hrz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Motion Pictures Expert Group
- Slow Scan Television Group
- Description
- Video file encoded with the MPEG-2 codec, which is mainly used for over-the-air, satellite, and cable digital TV signals and DVD video; uses lossy compression for audio and video to significantly reduce the size of the video data; not as efficient as the H.264 format.
- This is the display format associated with the broadcast of slow-scan television. This legacy format was used to transmit a static image given limited bandwidth through the use of specialized software.
- MIME Type
- video/mpeg
- image/x-pict
