This book aims to provide a clear, practical and unbiased guide to MPEG4 and H264 to enable developers, engineers, researchers and students to understand and apply them effectively. Video
The MPEG committee standardized the MPEG AVC (H.264) video coding standard in May 2003. The standard has since seen strong interest and adoption from the industry. A competing standard developed by Microsoft, referred to as VC-1, was standardized in
"…a well-written and practical reference guide to these standards, and the author's fluid style turns what might be a complex subject into enjoyable reading…" (IEEE Multimedia, January-March 2005) "...a fascinating attempt to explain the fundamen ta
Contents About the Author xiii Foreword xv Preface xix Glossary xxi 1 Introduction 1 1.1 The Scene 1 1.2 Video Compression 3 1.3 MPEG-4 and H.264 5 1.4 This Book 6 1.5 References 7 2 Video Formats and Quality 9 2.1 Introduction 9 2.2 Natural Video S
