Book description
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.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Dedication
- Title
- Copyright
- 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
Product information
- Title: A Practical Guide to Video and Audio Compression
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2005
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781136036095
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