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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, sto...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wootton, Cliff
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Focal Press, ©2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • 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
  • Last Page.