M-JPEG : Motion JPEG or Moving JPEG

Most PC analog video capture and editing systems, capture video to AVI files using Motion JPEG video compression.

In Motion JPEG, each video frame is compressed separately using the JPEG still image compression standard.

No frame differencing or motion estimation is used to compress the images. This makes frame accurate editing without any loss of image quality during the editing possible.

M-JPEG is also used for recording sequences of pictures on digital cameras, webcams, videoconference and surveillances systems.