Digital Video and Audio Compression

Download or read book Digital Video and Audio Compression written by Stephen J. Solari and published by McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a fully readable introduction to the basic technologies, infrastructures, costs, and applications for digital audio and video compression. Delivering a concise account of compression's terms, techniques, and tricks in an easy-to-read style, it covers the basic principles underlying digital signal processing and compression; how human beings see and hear; how audio and video are reproduced; all of the existing and emerging compression standards; video and audio compression techniques; and compression and reproduction requirements of different applications, including videoconferencing.