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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

by Cliff Wootton (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

    $6.79
Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 800
 Publisher: Focal Press
Published: 06 Jun 2005
ISBN 10: 0240806301
ISBN 13: 9780240806303
Book Overview: 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

Media Reviews
Cliff Wootton's book is great in giving the uninitiated reader an overall review of the key issues relating to audio and video formats, encoding, distributing, storing and rendering...For a non-professional reader the book is very useful. It is relatively easy to read and is well structured. It provides easy-to-follow practical application guidelines and useful step-by-step instructions on best coding and compression practices. - EBU Technical Review
Author Bio
Cliff Wootton was the technical systems architect in the BBC News Interactive TV group. This team pioneered the News Loops service, which was nominated for a BAFTA Technology award and has won a Royal Television Society Award for Technical Innovation. His current research projects are investigating new ways to build interactive content creation tools for the emerging IPTV platforms