Video Coding: An Introduction to Standard Codecs (I E E TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERIES)

Ghanbari, Mohammed

ISBN 10: 0852967624 / ISBN 13: 9780852967621

Published by Inst of Engineering & Technology, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Video Coding: An Introduction to Standard Codecs (I E E TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERIES)
• Publisher: Inst of Engineering & Technology
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0852967624
• ISBN 13: 9780852967621
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

MPEG standards are now widely accepted in the picture/video coding field. This concise and practical book gives an authoritative introduction to video coding algorithms, working up from basic principles through to the advanced video compression systems now being developed, including MPEG 1,2,4 and 7, JPEG, H.261 and H.263. Written for readers in the electronic engineering, media, broadcasting and transmission communities.

Awarded the year 2000 best book by IEE.

From the Author

Professor Mohammed Ghanbari, an IEE Fellow and Chartered Engineer, is at the University of Essex, UK. He is best known for pioneering work on two-layer video coding for ATM networks (SNR scalability in MPEG-2 video codecs). Prior to his academic career Professor Ghanbari worked for ten years in broadcasting. He has published more than 200 papers, registered for three international patents on video networking and was the co-recipient of the A.H. Reeves Prize for best paper on digital coding published in the 1995 IEE Proceedings. He is a co-author of Principles of Performance Engineering (IEE, 1997) and is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Multimedia.