---
name: "mpeg_blocks"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ucbmpeg"
version: "1r2"
release: "Debian 1.3 (Bo)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mpeg_blocks"
---

# mpeg\_blocks(1)

Analyze macroblocks in MPEG-1 bitstreams

## NAME

mpeg\_blocks - Analyze macroblocks in MPEG-1 bitstreams

## SYNOPSIS

**mpeg\_blocks mpegfile** \[ ***ordered \| ordered2 \| mbordered \|*** ***fs4 \| fs2 \| fs2fast \| hybrid \|*** ***hybrid2*** \]

## DESCRIPTION

mpeg\_blocks provides an easy-to-use graphical interface to look at  MPEG streams.  It operates by playing a video stream in one window, while another window displays the block type and motion vectors for each block in the current frame.

## NOTES

The player expects MPEG-1 video or system layer streams (without D-frames).

## VERSION

This is version 1.0, the initial public release.

## AUTHORS

Ketan Patel - UC Berkeley, kpatel@cs.berkeley.edu

Brian Smith - UC Berkeley, bsmith@cs.berkeley.edu

Steve Smoot - UC Berkeley, smoot@cs.berkeley.edu

Sam Tze-San Fung - UC Berkeley, stsf@po.eecs.berkeley.edu,