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A Practical Guide to Video and Audio Compression: From Sprockets and Rasters to Macro Blocks [Paperback]

Cliff Wootton (Author)
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0240806301 978-0240806303 May 12, 2005 1
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

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"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

Book Description

An easy how-to guide to compression for professionals in digital video, television, and streaming media.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 800 pages
  • Publisher: Focal Press; 1 edition (May 12, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0240806301
  • ISBN-13: 978-0240806303
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #985,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very informative and usefull, July 21, 2009
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This review is from: A Practical Guide to Video and Audio Compression: From Sprockets and Rasters to Macro Blocks (Paperback)
I like to qualify myself before writing this review, I am not a video engineer. I had a problem and I used this book to educate myself on how to solve it.
My problem: many years of video recordings from family videos to experimental visual art, all of these recordings in various formats, 8mm, VHS, DV-tape you name it and I had it. I needed to convert them all to a safe format and make it all "future compatible".
Solution: This book came in very handy, to identify what I have and find a serious solution for video conversion.
The book consists of a whopping 39 well written chapters and 14 very useful appendices. It starts off with a very detailed introduction to compression in chapter one which also maps out the book so you know what chapters to read next.
I can actually write a booklet about this book, to keep it short and sweet, I believe this book is very informative and a must for all those who are trying to compress important video. Knowing the difference between lossless and lossy compressions or mpeg1 and H.264 codec can save you from converting videos to a format you may regret in the future.
Best Fishes and thank you for reading.
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We (that is, you and I) are going to explore video compression together. Read the first page
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