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Condition
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Subject
Trade
ISBN
9780321514691

About this product

Product Information

With this book learn video compression techniques for all areas of video production including the Web, DVDs, and mobile devices.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Peachpit Press
ISBN-10
0321514696
ISBN-13
9780321514691
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60437585

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
336 Pages
Publication Name
Real World Video Compression
Language
English
Subject
Data Processing, Interactive & Multimedia
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Author
Andy Beach
Subject Area
Computers
Series
Real World Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
23.4 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
7.5 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN
2008-273502
Dewey Edition
22
Target Audience
Trade
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
006.69
Lc Classification Number
Tk6680.5
Table of Content
Real World Video Compression Table of Contents Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Chapter One: Understanding Video and Audio. . . . 1 Elements of Video. . . . . . . . . . . 2 Frames and Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Benefits of Interlacing . . . . 4 Problems Caused by Interlacing. . . . . . . . . . . 4 Progressive Scan Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Resolutions. . . . . 7 Aspect Ratio . . . . . 9 Analog vs. Digital. . . . . . . . . . . 12 How Compression Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Lossless and Lossy Compression. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Spatial (DCT) and Wavelet Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Quantization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Interframe and Intraframe Compression. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Audio Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Evaluating Video for Compression. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 How Was the Video Shot'. . . . 21 How Was It Edited'. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Who Is the Intended Audience? . . . . . . 22 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Chapter Two: The Language of Compression. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 QuickTime Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Windows Media Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Adobe Flash Player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 RealPlayer. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Other Video Players. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Wrappers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Codecs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Descriptions of the Commonly Used Codecs. . . . 40 A Time and a Place for Everything. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Delivery Codecs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Authoring Codecs . . . . . . . . 45 Legacy Codecs . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Compression Parameters . . . . . . 47 Data Rates. . . . . . . . 48 VBR and CBR . . . . . . 48 Frame Rates . . . . . 49 Frame Types. . . . . . 49 Aspect Ratios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Square and Nonsquare Pixels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Resolution. . . . . . . . . . 53 Online Delivery: Streaming vs. Download . . . . . . 54 Conclusion . . . . . . . . 56 Chapter Three: Best Practices. . . . . . . . . . 57 What Are Your Compression Needs'. . . . . . 58 Long-Form or Short-Form Content'. . . . . . . . . . . . 58 What Is Your Final Delivery Target'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 How Is Your Content Delivered to You'. . . . . . . . . . . 58 How Much Content Are You Compressing'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Is Compression All Yours"re Doing'. . . . . . . 60 Quality or Timeliness'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Are You a Content Owner or a Cog'. . . 60 How Knowledgeable Is Your Client'. . . . . . . . . . . 60 Equipment and Workflows for Different Scenarios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Encoding as an Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Encoding as a Compressionist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Automating the Encoding Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Enterprise Systems: The Big Leagues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Essential Encoding Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Productivity Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Minimizing Quality Loss Without Overdoing It. . . . . . . . . . . 75 Stay Organized. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 File-Naming Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Experimenting Can Be a Good Thing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 78<b

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