A Practical Guide to Video and Audio Compression - From Sprockets and Rasters to Macro Blocks (Paperback)

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

General

Imprint:	Focal Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	Cliff Wootton
Dimensions:	235 x 191 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	800
ISBN-13:	978-0-240-80630-3
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Electronics & communications engineering > Communications engineering / telecommunications > Television technology
LSN:	0-240-80630-1
Barcode:	9780240806303

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