CD-ROM WITH ALGORITHMS, ENCODERS, AND PRACTICE CLIPS YOUR ONE-STOP GUIDE TO THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DIGITAL VIDEO COMPRESSION! Without video compression, video streaming -- one of the Internet's great innovations -- would be nothing more than a pipe dream. That's why if digitizing video imagery is part of your work or hobby, here's an info-packed volume you need handy at all times: McGraw-Hill's Digital Video Compression. Written by a renowned expert in digital technology, Digital Video Compression offers comprehensive coverage on a vast range of digital media technologies and standards. It delivers everything you need to understand the techniques, tricks, and confusing protocols of compression, as well as: * Fundamentals of compression * MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 compression standards * JVT / H.264 / MPEG-4 Part 10 -; learn the details of the just-released compression standard * And much more! Plus, you get an invaluable CD-ROM of compression tools, encoders, and video clips for practice. With Digital Video Compression, you're sure to stay out in front of this exploding technology! COVERAGE INCLUDES: * What Is Compression? * An Introduction to Images * Entropy Coding * Protective Coding * Transforms * Quantization * JPEG * Motion Compensation * MPEG-1 * MPEG-2 * MPEG-4 * JVT / H.264 / MPEG-4 Part 10 * MPEG-7 and MPEG-21 * Pro-MPEG and MPEG Operating Ranges * DV Compression * Wavelets * JPEG2000 * Audio Compression * Streaming Media