Essential Video Coding
| Essential Video Coding | |
| Status | Draft | 
|---|---|
| Year started | 2018 (Initial Requirements Document) | 
| Organization | ISO | 
| Committee | MPEG | 
| Domain | Video compression | 
| Website | mpeg | 
MPEG-5 Essential Video Coding (EVC), standardized as ISO/IEC 23094-1, is a video compression standard that has been completed in April 2020 by decision of MPEG Working Group 11 at its 130th meeting.
The standard consists of a royalty-free subset and individually switchable enhancements.