Video Coding
An Introduction to Standard Codes
Published in August 1999
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-85296-762-1 (ISBN)
Description
This study offers an introduction to video coding algorithms for readers in electronic engineering, media, broadcasting and transmission. The text works up from basic principles to the advanced video compression systems now being developed, including MPEG 1,2,4 and 7, JPEG, H.261 and H.263.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Stevenage
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85296-762-1 (9780852967621)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Introduction to the history of video coding; video basics; fundamental elements of compression; spatial, temporal and intersymbol redundancy reductions; JPEG coding of still pictures; H261 video coding for teleconferencing applications; MPEG1 video coding for storage applications; MPEG 2 standard for high quality video; H263 video coding for very low bit rate applications and transmission of video over packet networks; MPEG 4 video coding based on image content and coding of arbitrary shaped objects and their shapes.