Richardson The H.264 Advanced Video Compression Standard

2. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-119-96530-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 346 Seiten, E-Book

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

* Packed with clear examples and illustrations to explain H.264technology in an accessible and practical way.

* Covers basic video coding concepts, video formats and visualquality.

* Explains how to measure and optimise the performance of H.264and how to balance bitrate, computation and video quality.

* Analyses recent work on scalable and multi-view versions ofH.264, case studies of H.264 codecs and new technologicaldevelopments such as the popular High Profile extensions.

* An invaluable companion for developers, broadcasters, systemintegrators, academics and students who want to master thisburgeoning state-of-the-art technology.

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Richardson, Iain

Richardson, Iain E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Author.
Preface.
Glossary.
List of figures.
List of tables.
1 Chapter 1: Introduction.
1.1 A change of scene.
1.2 Driving the change.
1.3 The role of standards.
1.4 Why H.264 Advanced Video Coding is important.
1.5 About this book.
2 Chapter 2: Video Formats and Quality.
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Natural video scenes.
2.3 Capture.
2.4 Colour spaces.
2.5 Video Formats.
2.6 Quality.
2.7 Summary.
2.8 References.
3 Chapter 3: Video Coding Concepts.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Video CODEC.
3.3 Prediction model.
3.4 Image model.
3.5 Entropy coder.
3.6 The hybrid DPCM/DCT video CODEC model.
3.7 Summary.
3.8 References.
4 Chapter 4: What is H.264?
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 What is H.264?
4.3 How does an H.264 codec work?
4.4 The H.264/AVC Standard.
4.5 H.264 Profiles and Levels.
4.6 The H.264 Syntax.
4.7 H.264 in practice.
4.8 Summary.
4.9 References.
5 H.264 syntax.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 H.264 syntax.
5.3 Frames, fields and pictures.
5.4 NAL unit.
5.5 Parameter Sets
5.6 Slice Layer.
5.7 Macroblock Layer.
5.8 Summary.
5.9 References.
6 Chapter 6: H.264 Prediction.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Macroblock Prediction.
6.3 Intra Prediction.
6.4 Inter Prediction.
6.5 Loop filter.
6.6 Summary.
6.7 References.
7 Chapter 7: H.264 transform and coding.
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Transform and quantization.
7.3 Block scan orders.
7.4 Coding.
7.5 Summary.
7.6 References.
8 H.264 conformance, transport and licensing.
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 Conforming to the Standard.
8.3 H.264 coding tools for transport support.
8.4 Transport of H.264 data.
8.5 Supplemental Information.
8.6 Licensing H.264/AVC.
8.7 Summary.
8.8 References.
9 Chapter 9: H.264 performance.
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 Experimenting with H.264.
9.3 Performance comparisons.
9.4 Rate control.
9.5 Mode selection.
9.6 Low complexity coding.
9.7 Summary.
9.8 References.
10 Chapter 10: Extensions and directions.
10.1 Introduction.
10.2 Scalable Video Coding.
10.3 Multiview Video Coding.
10.4 Configurable Video Coding.
10.5 Beyond H.264/AVC.
10.6 Summary.
10.7 References.
Index.