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Experts in Video Coding

The H.264 Advanced Video Compression Standard

Second Edition Professor Iain E Richardson John Wiley & Sons, May 2010 ISBN 978-0-470-51692-8

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“[This book] unravels the mysteries behind the latest H.264 standard and
delves deeper into each of the operations in the codec. The reader can
implement (simulate, design, evaluate, optimize) the codec with all profiles
and levels. The book ends with extensions and directions (such as SVC and
MVC) for further research.”
- Professor K.R. Rao, University of Texas at Arlington, co-inventor of the Discrete Cosine Transform.

H.264 Advanced Video Coding or MPEG-4 Part 10 is fundamental to a growing range of markets such as high definition broadcasting, internet video sharing, mobile video and digital surveillance. This book reflects the growing importance and implementation of H.264 video technology. Offering a detailed overview of the system, it explains the syntax, tools and features of H.264 and equips readers with practical advice on how to get the most out of the standard.

• Packed with clear examples and illustrations to explain H.264 technology in an
  accessible and practical way.
• Covers basic video coding concepts, video formats and visual quality.
• Explains how to measure and optimise the performance of H.264 and how to
  balance bitrate, computation and video quality.
• Analyses recent work on scalable and multi-view versions of H.264, case studies of
  H.264 codecs and new technological developments such as the popular High
  Profile extensions.
• An invaluable companion for developers, broadcasters, system integrators, academics
  and students who want to master this burgeoning state-of-the-art technology.

Table of contents:

1. Introduction
2. Video formats and quality - general digital video concepts
3. Video coding concepts - general video compression concepts
4. What is H.264? - a high-level overview of H.264 technology
5. H.264 syntax - a detailed walk-through the compressed bitstream format
6. H.264 prediction - Intra and Inter prediction in H.264
7. H.264 transforms and coding - Integer transforms, CAVLC, CABAC
8. Conformance, transport and licensing - Transmitting H.264 data, licensing issues
9. Performance - How to get the best out of H.264
10. Extensions and directions - Scalable, Multiview, Reconfigurable Video Coding.

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