MPEG-2 conformance testing for interoperability

Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., has set up a laboratory to test conformance of consumer electronics equipment with the MPEG-2 standard. This paper discusses some MPEG background and initial MPEG-2 conformance testing for interoperability at CableLabs' testing laboratory. The methodology for performing encoder/decoder compliance testing is explained. Software and hardware platforms to support MPEG-2 bitstream interoperability presented.