Digital Video Compression (Digital Video/Audio)

CD-ROM WITH ALGORITHMS, ENCODERS, AND PRACTICE CLIPS

YOUR ONE-STOP GUIDE TO THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DIGITAL VIDEO COMPRESSION!

Without video compression, video streaming -- one of the Internet's great innovations -- would be nothing more than a pipe dream. That's why if digitizing video imagery is part of your work or hobby, here's an info-packed volume you need handy at all times: McGraw-Hill's Digital Video Compression.

Written by a renowned expert in digital technology, Digital Video Compression offers comprehensive coverage on a vast range of digital media technologies and standards. It delivers everything you need to understand the techniques, tricks, and confusing protocols of compression, as well as:

* Fundamentals of compression

* MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 compression standards

* JVT / H.264 / MPEG-4 Part 10 — learn the details of the just-released compression standard

* And much more!

Plus, you get an invaluable CD-ROM of compression tools, encoders, and video clips for practice. With Digital Video Compression, you're sure to stay out in front of this exploding technology!

COVERAGE INCLUDES:

* What Is Compression?

* An Introduction to Images

* Entropy Coding

* Protective Coding

* Transforms

* Quantization

* JPEG

* Motion Compensation

* MPEG-1

* MPEG-2

* MPEG-4

* JVT / H.264 / MPEG-4 Part 10

* MPEG-7 and MPEG-21

* Pro-MPEG and MPEG Operating Ranges

* DV Compression

* Wavelets

* JPEG2000

* Audio Compression

* Streaming Media