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 A Practical Guide to Video & Audio Compression

 

Published by: FOCAL PRESS
Author: Wootton, C
Number of pages: 496
Group: DIGITAL VIDEO
ISBN: 0240806301/9780240806303
User level: Intermediate/Advance
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Date Published: June 2005
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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.

It helps you 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! It 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.