The H.264 Advanced Video Compression Standard

Iain E. Richardson

ISBN 10: 0470516925 / ISBN 13: 9780470516928

Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2010

About this Item

Fully revised and updated to reflect the growing importance of H. 264, The H. 264 Advanced Video Compression Standard, Second Edition provides a clear overview of the system, covering the basic video coding concepts and information on video formats and quality, as well as descriptions of the extensions to H. 264 that have been published since 2003. Num Pages: 346 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: UGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 724. . 2010. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The H.264 Advanced Video Compression Standard
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470516925
• ISBN 13: 9780470516928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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

About the Author

Iain Edward Richardson, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
Dr Iain Richardson is currently a Reader in video communications and also a Lecturer in digital communications, computer networks and digital electronics in the School of Engineering at the Robert Gordon University. His research interests include video compression and transport and multimedia networking. Dr Richardson is an experienced author, having written the books H.264 and MPEG-4 Video Compression: Video Coding for Next-generation Multimedia (Wiley, 2003), and over 40 conference and journal papers. He has also been working on the development of video compression systems since 1993, and now is a convener for the Image Communication Technology Research Group, at the Robert Gordon University.