Real World Video Compression

✍ Scribed by Beach, Andy

• Publisher: Peachpit Press
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 337
• Series: Real world
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

With this book learn video compression techniques for all areas of video production including the Web, DVDs, and mobile devices.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
Chapter One: Understanding Video and Audio......Page 18
Elements of Video......Page 19
Frames and Fields......Page 20
Problems Caused by Interlacing......Page 21
Progressive Scan Video......Page 23
Resolutions......Page 24
Aspect Ratio......Page 26
Analog vs. Digital......Page 29
How Compression Works......Page 30
Lossless and Lossy Compression......Page 32
Spatial (DCT) and Wavelet Compression......Page 33
Quantization......Page 34
Interframe and Intraframe Compression......Page 35
Audio Compression......Page 36
Evaluating Video for Compression......Page 37
How Was It Edited?......Page 38
Who Is the Intended Audience?......Page 39
Conclusion......Page 40
Chapter Two: The Language of Compression......Page 42
Players......Page 43
QuickTime Player......Page 44
Windows Media Player......Page 48
Adobe Flash Player......Page 49
RealPlayer......Page 51
Other Video Players......Page 53
Wrappers......Page 55
Codecs......Page 56
Descriptions of the Commonly Used Codecs......Page 57
A Time and a Place for Everything......Page 60
Delivery Codecs......Page 61
Legacy Codecs......Page 62
Compression Parameters......Page 64
VBR and CBR......Page 65
Frame Types......Page 66
Aspect Ratios......Page 68
Resolution......Page 70
Online Delivery: Streaming vs. Download......Page 71
Conclusion......Page 73
Chapter Three: Best Practices......Page 74
How Is Your Content Delivered to You?......Page 75
How Much Content Are You Compressing?......Page 76
How Knowledgeable Is Your Client?......Page 77
Encoding as an Editor......Page 78
Encoding as a Compressionist......Page 81
Automating the Encoding Process......Page 82
Enterprise Systems: The Big Leagues......Page 83
Hardware......Page 84
Software......Page 87
Minimizing Quality Loss Without Overdoing It......Page 92
Stay Organized......Page 93
File-Naming Conventions......Page 94
Experimenting Can Be a Good Thing......Page 95
Mezzanine, or In-Between, Files......Page 96
Conclusion......Page 97
Chapter Four: Preprocessing......Page 98
Deinterlacing Video......Page 99
Discard......Page 100
Motion Compensation......Page 101
Telecine and Inverse Telecine......Page 102
Cropping......Page 103
Scaling......Page 104
Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction......Page 106
Noise Reduction......Page 107
Luma Adjustments......Page 109
Gamma Correction......Page 110
Hue......Page 111
Adjusting Volume......Page 112
Conclusion......Page 113
Interview with a Compressionist: John Howell......Page 114
Chapter Five: Compression Tools......Page 118
Adobe Media Encoder......Page 119
What Does It Look Like?......Page 120
How Does It Work?......Page 122
What Should You Remember?......Page 125
QuickTime Pro......Page 126
What Does It Look Like?......Page 127
How Does It Work?......Page 129
What Should You Watch Out For?......Page 134
What Should You Remember?......Page 135
Compressor......Page 136
What Does It Look Like?......Page 137
How Does It Work?......Page 138
What Makes It Special?......Page 142
What Should You Remember?......Page 143
Microsoft Expression Encoder......Page 144
What Does It Look Like?......Page 145
How Does It Work?......Page 146
Squeeze Compression Suite......Page 150
What Does It Look Like?......Page 153
How Does It Work?......Page 154
What Makes It Special?......Page 159
What Should You Remember?......Page 160
What Does It Look Like?......Page 161
How Does It Work?......Page 163
What Makes It Special?......Page 166
Higher- and Lower-End Options......Page 167
Less-Expensive Solutions......Page 168
A Note About Enterprise Solutions......Page 170
Conclusion......Page 172
Interview with a Compressionist: Nico Puertollano......Page 174
Chapter Six: Compressing for DVDs......Page 178
SD Media......Page 179
SD Codecs......Page 182
What the Heck Is a VOB?......Page 183
What’s a Blu-ray Disc?......Page 184
Producing Blu-ray Discs......Page 186
Blu-ray Overview......Page 188
Recording Blu-ray Discs......Page 189
DVD Workflows......Page 190
That Whole Bit Budget Thing......Page 192
Compression and DVD Studio Pro Markers......Page 195
Rendering a DVD-Compatible File in Compressor......Page 197
Creating an SD DVD in DVD Studio Pro......Page 203
Recipes for Producing Blu-ray Discs......Page 208
Managing the Handoff......Page 209
Producing an MPEG-2 Blu-ray-Compatible File in Adobe Media Encoder......Page 210
Producing an H.264 Blu-ray-Compatible File in the Adobe Media Encoder......Page 213
Creating a Blu-ray DVD in Encore......Page 215
Conclusion......Page 218
Interview with a Compressionist: Ben Waggoner......Page 220
Chapter Seven: Compressing for the Web......Page 226
The Early Days of Web Video......Page 227
The Rise of Short-Form Video......Page 228
More Broadband Penetration......Page 229
Better Tools......Page 230
Audience and Creator Are the Same Thing......Page 231
Citizen Journalism......Page 232
Traditional Media Catches On......Page 233
Modern Web Tools and Formats......Page 234
Recipes for Compressing Video for the Web......Page 235
Encoding for YouTube from Episode Pro......Page 236
Streaming Windows Media from Compressor......Page 243
Progressive Download Flash Video......Page 252
Conclusion......Page 254
Interview with a Compressionist: Jim Rohner......Page 256
Chapter Eight: Compressing for Mobile......Page 260
How Little Video Became Big......Page 261
Live Streaming to Mobile Devices......Page 262
Download and (Maybe) Sync......Page 263
Cell Phones......Page 266
Smart Phones and Pocket PCs......Page 269
Apple iPhone......Page 270
Media Players......Page 271
3GP Files for Those Non–Smart Phones......Page 276
Adding Chapter Markers to a Video Podcast......Page 285
Conclusion......Page 291
Interview with a Compressionist: Ryanne Hodson......Page 292
Chapter Nine: Compressing for Set-Top Boxes......Page 296
Digital TV......Page 297
IPTV......Page 299
Apple TV......Page 301
Xbox 360......Page 303
Vudu......Page 305
Recipes for Compressing Video for STBs......Page 306
Ripping a DVD with HandBrake......Page 307
Standard-Definition Video for Xbox......Page 313
Conclusion......Page 316
Interview with a Compressionist: Andy Beach......Page 318
A......Page 322
B......Page 323
C......Page 324
E......Page 326
F......Page 327
H......Page 328
L......Page 329
M......Page 330
P......Page 331
S......Page 333
V......Page 335
W......Page 336
Z......Page 337