A Practical Guide to Video and Audio Compression: From Sprockets and Rasters to Macroblocks
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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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to Video Compression
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Chapter 2 Why Video Compression Is Needed
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15 |
Chapter 3 What Are We Trying to Compress?
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35 |
Chapter 4 Film
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Chapter 5 Video
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Chapter 6 Digital Image Formats
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Chapter 7 Matters Concerning Audio
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Chapter 8 Choosing the Right Codec
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Chapter 30 Setting Up Your Encoding Software
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Chapter 31 Preparing to Encode Your Video
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Chapter 32 Ingesting Your Source Content
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Chapter 33 Temporal Preprocessing
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Chapter 34 Spatial Preprocessing
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Chapter 35 Color Correction
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Chapter 36 Cutting Out the Noise
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Chapter 37 Preparing the Audio for Encoding
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Chapter 9 How Encoders Work
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Chapter 10 The MPEG1 Codec
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Chapter 11 The MPEG2 Codec
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Chapter 12 The MPEG4 Part 2 Codec
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Chapter 13 The H264 Codec
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Chapter 14 Encoded Output Delivered as a Bit Stream
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Chapter 15 Live Encoding
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Chapter 16 Files and Storage Formats
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Chapter 17 Tape Formats
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Chapter 18 Commercial Issues Digital Rights Management and Licensing
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Chapter 19 Network Delivery Mechanisms
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Chapter 20 Streaming
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Chapter 21 Players and Platforms
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Chapter 22 Windows Media
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Chapter 23 QuickTime
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Chapter 24 Real Networks
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Chapter 25 Other Player Alternatives
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Chapter 26 Putting Video on the Web
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Chapter 27 Digital Television
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Chapter 28 Digital Video on the Move
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Chapter 29 Building Your Encoding Hardware
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Chapter 38 Encoding Go for It
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Chapter 39 Where Shall We Go Next?
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A Problem Solver
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B Hardware Suppliers
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C Software Suppliers
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D Film Stock Sizes
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E Video Raster Sizes
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F MPEG2 Profiles and Levels
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G MPEG4 Profiles and Levels
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H ISMA Profiles
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I File Types
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J SourceVideo Formats
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K SourceAudio Formats
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L Formats Versus Players
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M Connectors
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N Important Standards and Professional Associations
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Glossary
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Webliography
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