Digital Video Compression

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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!

FROM THE PUBLISHER

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

SYNOPSIS

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!