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by Barry G. Haskell (Author), Atul Puri (Author), Arun N. Netravali (Author) "It is practically a cliche these days to claim that all electronic communications is engaged in a digital revolution..." (more)
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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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  • Paperback: 775 pages
  • Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (December 31, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0412084112
  • ISBN-13: 978-0412084119
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,076,087 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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
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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
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2.0 out of 5 stars Don't Expect a Detailed Explanation of MPEG2 Video, July 14, 1999
By J "AGeorgiaEngineer" (Lawrenceville,GA) - See all my reviews
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.
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1.0 out of 5 stars wasting time book, July 11, 2000
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars The book is easier to understand, February 17, 1999
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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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1.0 out of 5 stars I prefer rate it 0 star.
This book won't make you understand anything about MPEG if you don't know anything about MPEG.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Confused and over-detailed
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With many years of MPEG experience, I still found the book boring. Simple concepts become chaos from author's poor sentences. Read more
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Having heard what a great book this was on the internet I was most disappointed and will be returning it the library promptly
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I've read many books about MPEG-2 in my project to developer a MPEG-2 player for HDTV and I'm glad to say that this is the best book in my collection. Read more
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