The Handbook of MPEG Applications
The Handbook of MPEG Applications

Author: Marios C. Angelides

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-11-11

Total Pages: 511

ISBN-13: 0470974745

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This book provides a comprehensive examination of the use of MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-7, MPEG-21, and MPEG-A standards, providing a detailed reference to their application. In this book, the authors address five leading MPEG standards: MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-7, MPEG-21, and MPEG-A, focusing not only on the standards themselves, but specifically upon their application (e.g. for broadcasting media, personalised advertising and news, multimedia collaboration, digital rights management, resource adaptation, digital home systems, and so on); including MPEG cross-breed applications. In the evolving digital multimedia landscape, this book provides comprehensive coverage of the key MPEG standards used for generation and storage, distribution and dissemination, and delivery of multimedia data to various platforms within a wide variety of application domains. It considers how these MPEG standards may be used, the context of their use, and how supporting and complementary technologies and the standards interact and add value to each other. Key Features: Integrates the application of five popular MPEG standards (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-7, MPEG-21, and MPEG-A) into one single volume, including MPEG cross-breed applications Up-to-date coverage of the field based on the latest versions of the five MPEG standards Opening chapter provides overviews of each of the five MPEG standards Contributions from leading MPEG experts worldwide Includes an accompanying website with supporting material (www.wiley.com/go/angelides_mpeg) This book provides an invaluable reference for researchers, practitioners, CTOs, design engineers, and developers. Postgraduate students taking MSc, MRes, MPhil and PhD courses in computer science and engineering, IT consultants, and system developers in the telecoms, broadcasting and publishing sectors will also find this book of interest.

The MPEG Handbook
The MPEG Handbook

Author: John Watkinson

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2012-09-10

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 1136028978

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A complete, professional 'bible' on all aspects of audio and video compression using MPEG technology, including the MPEG-4 standard and, in this second edition, H-264. The clarity of explanation and depth of technical detail combine to make this book an essential and definitive reference work. THE MPEG HANDBOOK is both a theoretical and practical treatment of the subject. Fundamental knowledge is provided alongside practical guidance on how to avoid pitfalls and poor quality. The often-neglected issues of reconstructing the signal timebase at the decoder and of synchronizing the signals in a multiplex are treated fully here. Previously titled MPEG-2, the book is frequently revised to cover the latest applications of the technology.

Introduction to MPEG-7
Introduction to MPEG-7

Author: B. S. Manjunath

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2002-06-14

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 9780471486787

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"Introduction to MPEG-7": Ein unentbehrliches Nachschlagewerk für Elektronik- und Kommunikationsingenieure, die MPEG-7-kompatible Systeme entwerfen und implementieren wollen sowie für Forscher und Studenten, die sich mit Multimedia-Datenbanktechnologie beschäftigen! Prinzipien und Konzepte der Indizierung von audiovisuellem Material, Metadatenbeschreibung, Informationsabfrage und Browsing sind einige der angesprochenen Themen. Detailliert wird auf die wichtigsten Tools zur Indizierung und zum Abruf von Bildern und Videosequenzen eingegangen. Die mitgelieferte Demo-Software führt schrittweise in die Multimedia-Systemkomponenten ein.

The MPEG-4 Book
The MPEG-4 Book

Author: Fernando C. N. Pereira

Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 890

ISBN-13: 9780130616210

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In this book, two leaders of the MPEG-4 standards community offer an in-depth, targeted guide to the MPEG-4 standard and its use in real, cutting-edge applications. The authors demonstrate how MPEG-4 addresses the rapidly evolving needs of telecommunications, broadcast, interactive, and converged applications more successfully than any previous standard.

MPEG-2
MPEG-2

Author: John Watkinson

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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Digital compression techniques can now be applied to video and audio systems on a wide scale. MPEG-2 provides interoperability standards for compression, storage and communication. It is found in a wide range of applications including: DVD; teleconferencing; satellite news gathering; television broadcasting.

Spatial Audio Processing
Spatial Audio Processing

Author: Jeroen Breebaart

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-03-11

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9780470723487

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This book collects a wealth of information about spatial audio coding into one comprehensible volume. It is a thorough reference to the 3GPP and MPEG Parametric Stereo standards and the MPEG Surround multi-channel audio coding standard. It describes key developments in coding techniques, which is an important factor in the optimization of advanced entertainment, communications and signal processing applications. Until recently, technologies for coding audio signals, such as redundancy reduction and sophisticated source and receiver models did not incorporate spatial characteristics of source and receiving ends. Spatial audio coding achieves much higher compression ratios than conventional coders. It does this by representing multi-channel audio signals as a downmix signal plus side information that describes the perceptually-relevant spatial information. Written by experts in spatial audio coding, Spatial Audio Processing: reviews psychoacoustics (the relationship between physical measures of sound and the corresponding percepts) and spatial audio sound formats and reproduction systems; brings together the processing, acquisition, mixing, playback, and perception of spatial audio, with the latest coding techniques; analyses algorithms for the efficient manipulation of multiple, discrete and combined spatial audio channels, including both MP3 and MPEG Surround; shows how the same insights on source and receiver models can also be applied for manipulation of audio signals, such as the synthesis of virtual auditory scenes employing head-related transfer function (HRTF) processing and stereo to N-channel audio upmix. Audio processing research engineers and audio coding research and implementation engineers will find this an insightful guide. Academic audio and psychoacoustic researchers, including post-graduate and third/fourth year students taking courses in signal processing, audio and speech processing, and telecommunications, will also benefit from the information inside.

H.264 and MPEG-4 Video Compression
H.264 and MPEG-4 Video Compression

Author: Iain E. Richardson

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2004-02-06

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0470869607

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Following on from the successful MPEG-2 standard, MPEG-4 Visual is enabling a new wave of multimedia applications from Internet video streaming to mobile video conferencing. The new H.264 ‘Advanced Video Coding’ standard promises impressive compression performance and is gaining support from developers and manufacturers. The first book to cover H.264 in technical detail, this unique resource takes an application-based approach to the two standards and the coding concepts that underpin them. Presents a practical, step-by-step, guide to the MPEG-4 Visual and H.264 standards for video compression. Introduces the basic concepts of digital video and covers essential background material required for an understanding of both standards. Provides side-by-side performance comparisons of MPEG-4 Visual and H.264 and advice on how to approach and interpret them to ensure conformance. Examines the way that the standards have been shaped and developed, discussing the composition and procedures of the VCEG and MPEG standardisation groups. Focussing on compression tools and profiles for practical multimedia applications, this book ‘decodes’ the standards, enabling developers, researchers, engineers and students to rapidly get to grips with both H.264 and MPEG-4 Visual. Dr Iain Richardson leads the Image Communication Technology research group at the Robert Gordon University in Scotland and is the author of over 40 research papers and two previous books on video compression technology.

Digital Compression for Multimedia
Digital Compression for Multimedia

Author: Jerry D. Gibson

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann

Published: 1998-01-15

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 9781558603691

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"Digital Compression for Multimedia" captures in a single reference the current standards for speech, audio, video, image, fax and file compression. It is intended for engineers and computer scientists designing and implementing compression techniques, system integrators, technical managers, and researchers. The essential ideas and motivation behind the various compression methods are presented and insight is provided into the evolution of the standards.

The H.264 Advanced Video Compression Standard
The H.264 Advanced Video Compression Standard

Author: Iain E. Richardson

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-08-24

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 1119965306

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H.264 Advanced Video Coding or MPEG-4 Part 10 is fundamental to a growing range of markets such as high definition broadcasting, internet video sharing, mobile video and digital surveillance. This book reflects the growing importance and implementation of H.264 video technology. Offering a detailed overview of the system, it explains the syntax, tools and features of H.264 and equips readers with practical advice on how to get the most out of the standard. Packed with clear examples and illustrations to explain H.264 technology in an accessible and practical way. Covers basic video coding concepts, video formats and visual quality. Explains how to measure and optimise the performance of H.264 and how to balance bitrate, computation and video quality. Analyses recent work on scalable and multi-view versions of H.264, case studies of H.264 codecs and new technological developments such as the popular High Profile extensions. An invaluable companion for developers, broadcasters, system integrators, academics and students who want to master this burgeoning state-of-the-art technology. "[This book] unravels the mysteries behind the latest H.264 standard and delves deeper into each of the operations in the codec. The reader can implement (simulate, design, evaluate, optimize) the codec with all profiles and levels. The book ends with extensions and directions (such as SVC and MVC) for further research." Professor K. R. Rao, The University of Texas at Arlington, co-inventor of the Discrete Cosine Transform

Introduction to Digital Audio Coding and Standards
Introduction to Digital Audio Coding and Standards

Author: Marina Bosi

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 443

ISBN-13: 1461503272

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Introduction to Digital Audio Coding and Standards provides a detailed introduction to the methods, implementations, and official standards of state-of-the-art audio coding technology. In the book, the theory and implementation of each of the basic coder building blocks is addressed. The building blocks are then fit together into a full coder and the reader is shown how to judge the performance of such a coder. Finally, the authors discuss the features, choices, and performance of the main state-of-the-art coders defined in the ISO/IEC MPEG and HDTV standards and in commercial use today. The ultimate goal of this book is to present the reader with a solid enough understanding of the major issues in the theory and implementation of perceptual audio coders that they are able to build their own simple audio codec. There is no other source available where a non-professional has access to the true secrets of audio coding.