Includes bibliographical references (pages 743-763) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction to Video Compression -- Chapter 2. Why Video Compression Is Needed -- Chapter 3. What Are We Trying to Compress? -- Chapter 4. Film -- Chapter 5. Video -- Chapter 6. Digital Image Formats -- Chapter 7. Matters Concerning Audio -- Chapter 8. Choosing the Right Codec -- Chapter 9. How Encoders Work -- Chapter 10. The MPEG-1 Codec -- Chapter 11. The MPEG-2 Codec -- Chapter 12. The MPEG-4 Part 2 Codec -- Chapter 13. The H.264 Codec -- Chapter 14. Encoded Output Delivered as a Bit Stream -- Chapter 15. Live Encoding -- Chapter 16. Files and Storage Formats -- Chapter 17. Tape Formats -- Chapter 18. Commercial Issues, Digital Rights Management, and Licensing -- Chapter 19. Network Delivery Mechanisms -- Chapter 20. Streaming -- Chapter 21. Players and Platforms -- Chapter 22. Windows Media -- Chapter 23. QuickTime -- Chapter 24. Real Networks -- Chapter 25. Other Player Alternatives -- Chapter 26. Putting Video on the Web -- Chapter 27. Digital Television -- Chapter 28. Digital Video on the Move -- Chapter 29. Building Your Encoding Hardware -- Chapter 30. Setting Up Your Encoding Software -- Chapter 31. Preparing to Encode Your Video -- Chapter 32. Ingesting Your Source Content -- Chapter 33. Temporal Preprocessing -- Chapter 34. Spatial Preprocessing -- Chapter 35. Color Correction -- Chapter 36. Cutting Out the Noise -- Chapter 37. Preparing the Audio for Encoding -- Chapter 38. Encoding-Go for It! -- Chapter 39. Where Shall We Go Next? -- Appendix A. Problem Solver -- Appendix B. Hardware Suppliers -- Appendix C. Software Suppliers -- Appendix D. Film Stock Sizes -- Appendix E. Video Raster Sizes -- Appendix F. MPEG-2 Profiles and Levels -- Appendix G. MPEG-4 Profiles and Levels -- Appendix H. ISMA Profiles -- Appendix I. File Types -- Appendix J. Source-Video Formats -- Appendix K. Source-Audio Formats -- Appendix L. Formats Versus Players -- Appendix M. Connectors -- Appendix N. Important Standards and Professional Associations -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Webliography -- Index -- Last Page.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Learn all about Codecs--how they work, as well as design and implementation with this comprehensive, easy-to-use guide to compression. After reading this book, you will be able to prepare and distribute professional audio and video on any platform including streamed to the web, broadcast on-air, stored in PVRs, Burned onto CD-ROMs or DVDs, delivered by broadband, or viewed in Kiosk applications, PDA devices, and mobile phones.
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Safari Books Online
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CL0500000297
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Title
Practical guide to video and audio compression.
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0240806301
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Sound-- Recording and reproducing-- Digital techniques.
Video compression.
Sound-- Recording and reproducing-- Digital techniques.
Sound-- Recording and reproducing-- Digital techniques.