Compression for great digital video

Power tips, techniques, and common sense

Ben Waggoner

462 pages, parution le 25/09/2002

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Résumé

Achieve better results quicker with this essential reference for encoding digital video and audio for the web, CD-ROM, DVD, and other media. Novices and professionals alike will benefit from this highly readable guide that has been carefully crafted to present the need-to-know elements of video and audio compression without ever requiring more than basic algebra. Begin with the fundamentals of light, vision, and compression technology that are central to the compressionist's art. Understand the implementation issues of the alternative codecs, formats, and platforms. Arm yourself with a collection of best practices for everything that happens before compression (such as shooting, editing, capturing, and preprocessing) and after (streaming and hosting).
Once fluent in the principles of compression, you will learn to master the tool of your choice - whether it is Cleaner, RealNetworks' Helix Producer, ProCoder, Windows Media Encoder, or Squeeze - to optimize for highest quality, efficiency, and manageability. Tutorial projects provide hands-on experience with the techniques you will need to:

produce video for optimal compression
compress video with maximum quality
deploy compressed video for maximum results

Contents

Introduction
Seeing and Hearing
Fundamentals of Compression
The Digital Video Workflow
Producing and Editing for Optimal Compression
Capture and Digitization
Preprocessing
Video Codecs
Audio Codecs
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM
Web Video
Rich and Interactive Media
Choosing Platforms and File Formats
QuickTime
Windows Media
RealSystem
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
AVI
Flash MX
Miscellaneous Formats
Compression Tools
Workflow Optimization
Tutorials

L'auteur - Ben Waggoner

Self-proclaimed "World's Greatest Compressionist" Ben Waggoner compressed his first video file in 1989. He co-founded Journeyman Post in 1994, becoming one of the nation's first full-time compressionists. He later founded Terran Interactive's consulting services division and subsequently the consulting and workflow automation services for Media 100. Ben now runs his own video compression consulting, training, and encoding company - advising clients on technology, automation, and integration issues. He is a regular presenter at industry conferences and contributes to industry publications such as DV magazine. Ben lives with his wife, son, and many, many computers in Portland, Ore., where he finds the weather very conducive to staring at computer screens

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	CMP Books
Auteur(s)	Ben Waggoner
Parution	25/09/2002
Nb. de pages	462
Format	19 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1004g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9781578201112
ISBN13	978-1-57820-111-2