A Practical Guide to Video and Audio Compression : From Sprockets and Rasters to Macro Blocks

A Practical Guide to Video and Audio Compression : From Sprockets and Rasters to Macro Blocks
Focal Press Author(s) Cliff Wootton | ISBN 0240806301 | April 2005 | 801 pages | PDF | 5,4 MB

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.



Key benefits:

-Learn from an award-winning technologist for a top media company who knows how to explain codecs in terms you can understand

-This entry-level guide contains clear explanations and hundreds of diagrams--no math background needed! Also includes a comprehensive glossary which serves as a useful reference to many technical terms and jargon you will encounter

-Learn how to choose the right technique to get the most out of your compression system--saving both storage space and money


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