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.

* Authoritative: Author is an award-winning technologist for
    top media company;
* Useful: Entry-level with clear explanations and hundreds of
    diagrams--no math background needed;
* Audience: Growing audience of professionals in digital
    braodband, interactive television, digital radio, streaming
    media, online news, etc.

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 Concering Audio;
Chapter 8: Choosing the right codec;
Chapter 9: How encoders work;
Chapter 10: The MPEG-1 codec;


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