This assignment will introduce you to some issues in MPEG-1 coding. You will have to install and run two programs that decode and analyze MPEG video program.

• Download and compile Berkeley mpeg_play to an executable file. Run the mpeg_play with your own MPEG-1 file. Comment the result.
• Download the mpeg_stat and run it with your own MPEG-1 file. List the frame sequence (I, P, B) and the starting address of each frame. Plot the bits per frame (bpf) for the sequence. Discuss and comment your findings.
• Draw the flow chart of mpeg_play modules.
• If you need to modify the mpeg_play to read MPEG blocks from a socket port instead of a file, what modules in mpeg_play you need to modify? and How?

• Download the file for the platform you prefer.
• Introduction to MPEG is also available at  Moving Picture Experts Group web site.