Compression for Great Video and Audio: Master Tips and Common Sense / Edition 2

by Ben Waggoner

Overview

Learn how to compress video and audio with optimal quality and minimal hassles. Renowned expert Ben Waggoner teaches you to improve the quality of your final content and develop effective workflows. Understand the basic concepts of vision and hearing, apply that knowledge in the context of compression, then move onto practical, applicable information for creating, editing, and compressing the best video and audio, whether you're delivering for the web, DVD, Blu-ray, phones, or beyond.

• Clear examples of how to make the best choices in real-world projects
  
• Covers Mac and Windows products for a complete look at today's compression technologies: all the different tools, codecs, and formats for different kinds of deliverables are described, focusing on how to pick the right options for particular projects, players, and sources

Formats

• Windows Media
• QuickTime
• Flash FLV and F4V
• MPEG-4 and H.264
• MPEG-2
• Ogg Vorbis and Theora
• Silverlight and Smooth Streaming

Devices

• iPod and iPhone
• Zune HD
• Playstation Portable
• Playstation 3
• Xbox 360
• DVD and Blu-ray

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780240812137
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/16/2009
Series:	DV Expert Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	632
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Ben Waggoner has been compressing video for nearly 20 years. He cofounded the pioneering digital media services company Journeyman Digital, launched Terran Interactive's consulting services division, and was principal of Interframe Media. Ben joined Microsoft in 2005, and is now Principal Video Strategist for Microsoft's Silverlight platform.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Seeing and Hearing; Chapter 2 Uncompressed Video and Audio; Chapter 3 Fundamentals of Compression; Chapter 4 The Digital Video Workflow; Chapter 5 Production, Acquisition, and Post Production; Chapter 6 Preprocessing; Chapter 7 Using Video Codecs; Chapter 8 Using Audio Codecs; Chapter 9 MPEG 1 and 2; Chapter 10 MP3; Chapter 11 MPEG-4; Chapter 12 MPEG-4 part 2 Video Codec; Chapter 13 Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) and M4A; Chapter 14 H.264; Chapter 15 FLV; Chapter 16 Windows Media; Chapter 17 VC-1; Chapter 18 Windows Media Audio; Chapter 19 Ogg; Chapter 20 RealMedia; Chapter 21 Bink; Chapter 22 Web Video; Chapter 23 Optical Disc; Chapter 24 Phones and Devices; Chapter 25 Flash; Chapter 26 Silverlight; Chapter 27 Media on Windows; Chapter 28 QuickTime and Mac OS;