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Video Demystified

This international bestseller and essential reference is the "bible" for digital video engineers and programmers worldwide. This is by far the most informative analog and digital… Read more

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Description

This international bestseller and essential reference is the "bible" for digital video engineers and programmers worldwide. This is by far the most informative analog and digital video reference available, includes the hottest new trends and cutting-edge developments in the field.Video Demystified, Fourth Edition is a "one stop" reference guide for the various digital video technologies. The fourth edition is completely updated with all new chapters on MPEG-4, H.264, SDTV/HDTV, ATSC/DVB, and Streaming Video (Video over DSL, Ethernet, etc.), as well as discussions of the latest standards throughout. The accompanying CD-ROM is updated to include a unique set of video test files in the newest formats.

Key features

*This essential reference is the "bible" for digital video engineers and programmers worldwide *Contains all new chapters on MPEG-4, H.264, SDTV/HDTV, ATSC/DVB, and Streaming Video *Completely revised with all the latest and most up-to-date industry standards

Readership

Hardware and software engineers and programmers working with the capture, storage, processing, manipulation, and/or transmission of video in digital form; multimedia designers; students; product managers, marketing managers, and sales people who need to understand digital video in order to sell or market their products; video content producers and distributors

Table of contents

Ch 1: IntroductionCh 2; Introduction to VideoCh 3: Color SpacesCh 4: Video Signals OverviewCh 5: Analog Video InterfacesCh 6: Digital Video InterfacesCh 7: Digital Video ProcessingCh 8: NTSC/PAL/SECAM Overview Ch 9: NTSC and PAL Digital Encoding and DecodingCh 10: H.261 and H.263Ch 11: Consumer DV Video CompressionCh 12: MPEG-1 Video CompressionCh 13: MPEG-2 Video CompressionCh 14: MPEG-4 Video Compression, including H.264Ch 15: ATSC Digital TelevisionCh 16: OpenCable Digital TelevisionCh 17: DVB Digital TelevisionCh 18: ISDB Digital TelevisionCh 19: IPTVCh 20: GlossaryIndex

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About the author

KJ

Keith Jack

Keith Jack is Director of Product Marketing at Sigma Designs. Sigma Designs develops and markets high-performance, highly-integrated System-on-a-Chip (SoC) semiconductors for IPTV Set-top Boxes, Blu-ray and HD DVD Players/Recorders, HDTVs, Digital Media Adapters, and Portable Media Players. Prior to joining Sigma Designs, Mr. Jack held various marketing and chip design positions at Harris Semiconductor, Brooktree, and Rockwell International. He has been involved in over 40 multimedia chips for the consumer market.
Affiliations and expertise
Director of Product Marketing, Sigma Designs, Fremont, CA, USA

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