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Overview
Digital Video offers comprehensive coverage of the MPEG-2 audio/visual digital compression standard. The treatment includes the specifics needed to implement an MPEG-2 Decoder, including the syntax and semantics of the coded bitstreams. Since the MPEG-2 Encoders are not specified by the standard, and are actually closely held secrets of many vendors, the book only outlines the fundamentals of encoder design and algorithm optimization.
Discusses the history, development and implementation of the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) audio/visual digital compression standard as approved on 11/11/94 (MPEG-2). Examines MPEG-2 decoder implementation (encoders are not part of the standard). Reviews MPEG-2 anatomy, audio and video basics, compression fundamentals, motion compensation, coding, scalability techniques, syntax and semantics. Examines digital network, interactive TV, HDTV and 3D TV requirements. Concludes with an MPEG-4 progress report. A complementary MPEG-2 reference volume is The MPEG Video Compression Standard, a comprehensive exposition of MPEG 1 & 2 standards which also contains information on pel reconstruction, motion estimation, variable quantization, MPEG patents, vendors, products, and the H.261 and H.263 series of standards. Both publications are recommended.
Synopsis
Digital Video offers comprehensive coverage of the MPEG-2 audio/visual digital compression standard. The treatment includes the specifics needed to implement an MPEG-2 Decoder, including the syntax and semantics of the coded bitstreams. Since the MPEG-2 Encoders are not specified by the standard, and are actually closely held secrets of many vendors, the book only outlines the fundamentals of encoder design and algorithm optimization.