Essential Video Coding

EVC / MPEG-5 Part 1
Essential Video Coding
StatusDraft
Year started2018 (Initial Requirements Document)
OrganizationISO
CommitteeMPEG
DomainVideo compression
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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.