Digital Video offers comprehensive coverage of the MPEG-2 audio/visual digital compression standard. The treatment includes the specifics needed to implement an MPEG-2 Decoder, including the syntax and semantics of the coded bitstreams. Since the MPEG-2 Encoders are not specified by the standard, and are actually closely held secrets of many vendors, the book only outlines the fundamentals of encoder design and algorithm optimization.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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Don't Expect a Detailed Explanation of MPEG2 Video,
By J "AGeorgiaEngineer" (Lawrenceville,GA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Digital Video: An introduction to MPEG-2 (Digital Multimedia Standards Series) (Paperback)
This book didn't live up to previous reviews. It's quite expensive at $95. The chapters compartmentalize subjects such as motion compensation modes and video coding which are not independent subjects, and they never tie these subjects together. I haven't found a block diagram of a video encoder anywhere in the book. The entire subject of MPEG2 video encoding is covered in one 25-page chapter (although there is a chapter on motion compensation as I mentioned, and there's a chapter on Video Stream Syntax and Semantics which is little more than a re-hash of the MPEG2 part 2 spec.). I've gotta believe there's something better out there. The "Techniques and Standards for Image Video and Audio Coding" by Rao/Hwang is a bit better.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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wasting time book,
This review is from: Digital Video: An introduction to MPEG-2 (Digital Multimedia Standards Series) (Paperback)
If you really want to learn MPEG2 or MPEG4, go directly to the standards. The authors try their best to confuse the reader. Even simple concepts cannot be explained clearly.
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This review is from: Digital Video: An introduction to MPEG-2 (Digital Multimedia Standards Series) (Paperback)
I have been working on MPEG2 since last year. I read the spec and some other books for MPEG, it's difficult to understand them . The problem is that I need some basic knowledge of compression , audio, video. It was this book that helped me understand what MPEG is and how it works. This book is complete and easy to understand . There are a lot of background introductions to help you understand MPEG2. You can also find some new areas of video, e.g. 3D TV.
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multiviewpoint video, enhancement encoder, nonscalable coding, stereoscopic coding, enhancement decoder, adaptive motion compensation, video stream syntax, enhancement layer pictures, bitrate combinations, puppet theater effect, using temporal scalability, scalability codec, base decoder, scalability encoder, scalability incurs, concealment motion vectors, lower layer picture, progressive video format, spatial interpolation operation, subband groups, base layer pictures, square pels, base encoder, scalability decoder, generalized codec Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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multiviewpoint video, enhancement encoder, nonscalable coding, stereoscopic coding, enhancement decoder, adaptive motion compensation, video stream syntax, enhancement layer pictures, bitrate combinations, puppet theater effect, using temporal scalability, scalability codec, base decoder, scalability encoder, scalability incurs, concealment motion vectors, lower layer picture, progressive video format, spatial interpolation operation, subband groups, base layer pictures, square pels, base encoder, scalability decoder, generalized codec Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sys Mux, Sys Demux, United States, New York, Sequence Base, Grand Alliance, Working Draft, Audio Information, Motion Compensate, Program Map Table, Visual Commun, Image Commun, Image Proc, Sequence Nonscalable Base, Spatial Decimator, Spatial Enhancement Decoder, Absolute Threshold, Presentation Unit, Multi-view Profile, North America, Video Simulation Model, Committee Draft, Encoder Figure, Motion Compensator, Sequence Header New!
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- Video Engineering (McGraw-Hill Video/audio Engineering) by Arch Luther on page 108
- Fundamentals of Optics by Francis Jenkins on page 359
- Digital Video Compression by Puri on page 30
- Performance Evaluation by Socrates Media on page 279
- Color Television (IEEE Press selected reprint series) by Ted Rzeszewski on page 109
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