What is the precision of MPEG samples ?
A. By definition, MPEG samples have no more and no less than 8-bits uniform sample precision (256 quantization levels). For luminance (which is unsigned) data, black corresponds to level 0, white is level 255. However, in CCIR recommendation 601 chromaticy, levels 0 through 14 and 236 through 255 are reserved for blanking signal excursions. MPEG currently has no such clipped excursion restrictions, although decoder might take care to insure active samples do not exceed these limits. With three color components per pixel, the total combination is roughly 16.8 million colors (i.e. 24-bits).
By definition, MPEG samples have no more and no less than 8-bits uniform sample precision (256 quantization levels). For luminance (which is unsigned) data, black corresponds to level 0, white is level 255. However, in CCIR-610 recommendation chromaticy, levels 0 through 14 and 236 through 255 are reserved for blanking signal excursions. MPEG currently has no such clipped excursion restrictions.
