A practical guide to video and audio compression : from sprockets and rasters to macroblocks / Cliff Wootton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wootton, Cliff.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video compression.

Sound--Recording and reproducing--Digital techniques.

Sound.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (801 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Burlington, MA : Focal Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover; A Practical Guide to Video and Audio Compression: From Sprockets and Rasters to Macroblocks; 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 StreamChapter 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 SoftwareChapter 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?; A Problem Solver; B Hardware Suppliers; C Software Suppliers; D Film Stock Sizes; E Video Raster Sizes; F MPEG-2 Profiles and Levels; G MPEG-4 Profiles and Levels; H ISMA Profiles; I File Types; J Source-Video Formats

K Source-Audio FormatsL Formats Versus Players; M Connectors; N Important Standards and Professional Associations; Glossary; Bibliography; Webliography; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611020101

9781136036095

1136036091

9781136036101

1136036105

9781281020109

1281020109

9780080488066

0080488064

OCLC:

467150756