The SDL MPEG library was developed by

Loki Software Loki Software, Inc. (Loki Entertainment) was an American video game developer based in Tustin, California, that ported several video games from Microsoft Windows to Linux. It took its name from the Norse deity Loki. Although successful in its ...

. It follows the MPEG-1 standard rather than

MPEG-2 MPEG-2 (a.k.a. H.222/H.262 as was defined by the ITU) is a standard for "the generic video coding format, coding of moving pictures and associated audio information". It describes a combination of Lossy compression, lossy video compression and ...

because MPEG-2 is restricted by software patents in the United States of America. It uses the

LGPL The GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) is a free-software license published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). The license allows developers and companies to use and integrate a software component released under the LGPL into their own ...

External links

Old SMPEG Website

Current SMPEG Website

dumpmpeg - a program to dump frames from mpeg movies (still in beta state)
Application programming interfaces Simple DirectMedia Layer {{multimedia-software-stub