W3C Media & Entertainment IG meeting - 2026 (past)

Regular meeting of the W3C Media & Entertainment IG.

Agenda:

• IET Media Technical Network meeting on Object Based Media [Song]
• LC-EVC follow up [Chris]
• AI-Sourced Future Requirements for Timed Text Task Force [Nigel] (slides)
• TPAC 2026 agenda planning [All]

Regular meeting of the W3C Media & Entertainment IG.

Agenda:

1. AI-sourced future requirements for Timed Text Task Force (AIRFOT) Proposal
2. LC-EVC decode support in the browser - update and next steps (see TPAC 2025 discussion)

Regular meeting of the W3C Media & Entertainment IG.

Agenda:

1. Impact of AI technologies on MEIG's mission: https://github.com/w3c/webai-roadmap/issues/3. We'll continue the discussion on the impacts of AI technologies on media & entertainment, and use cases raised in our last meeting.
2. TPAC Schedule and Agenda: https://github.com/w3c/media-and-entertainment/issues/121
3. AOB

Suggestions for additions to the agenda are welcome. Please contact the chairs or raise an issue in GitHub.

Regular meeting of the W3C Media & Entertainment IG.

Agenda:

1. Impact of AI technologies on MEIG's mission: https://github.com/w3c/webai-roadmap/issues/3
2. AI Media use cases from AVS, The Audio Video Coding Standards Workgroup of China - https://avs.org.cn/en/index/index.html

• Emerging technologies Volumetric Video/MPEG DCSC practices and impact on WebGPU/WebNN
• Commercial applications such as super-resolution, frame interpolation, AI intelligent noise reduction, real-time face masking, and impact on WebCodecs

3. TPAC 2026 plans

To add to the agenda, please contact the chairs or raise an issue in GitHub.

I'm cancelling this meeting because it's the golden week holiday period in Japan and China. The next scheduled meeting is June 2nd, agenda TBC.

Regular meeting of the W3C Media & Entertainment IG.

The main topic for this meeting will be a walkthrough of the Next-Generation Audio proposal: use cases, requirements, and gap analysis, led by Wolfgang Schildbach.

• Announcements
  • HDR support update
  • Web Transport wide review
• Next-Generation Audio walkthrough
• AOB

Regular meeting of the W3C Media & Entertainment IG.

In this meeting we'll hear from NHK R&D's video coding team, including Iwamura-san and Nemoto-san, who contribute to video coding standardisation at MPEG/JVET.

They have been working on prototyping and testing VVC video playback in web browsers. They will present a use case and prototype implementation of personalized viewing using VVC for future broadcasting, using multilayer coding to allow viewers to select sub-content interactively.

Agenda:

• Welcome
• Presentation: VVC playback and personalized viewing
• Discussion and next steps
• AOB

Regular meeting of the W3C Media & Entertainment IG.

Agenda:

• Welcome
• Status review of current MEIG topics, including:
  • Next Generation Audio codec support, and draft explainer: https://w3c.github.io/me-next-generation-audio/
• New media API proposal: Decouple audio playback from document lifecycle w3c/media-wg#57
• Main topic:
  • Exploration of how best to improve High Efficiency Image File (HEIF) format support for motion and still imagery in user agents, including alignment with new developments in the OGC Testbed innovation programme for online maps. [Rob Smith, Joe Stufflebeam]
• AOB

Cancelling this one, as we don't have a specific topic planned for discussion. Our next meeting is scheduled for February 3rd.