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Video_Demystified_3rd_Edition-A_Techbook_For_The_Digital_Engineer-(steffen)

Bible for digital video hardware engineers and programmers worldwide, contains detailed video information difficult to find elsewhere.

This completely updated new edition of a classic engineering reference book is filled with hard-to-find video information for hardware and software designers.

A guide to the intricacies of video-computer system design, covering the essentials of video standards and applications, design architectures, video processing requirements, color space conversion, digital encoding/ decoding techniques and video data compression/ decompression standards.
The standard video reference covers all the international video standards (MPEG 1 and MPEG 2), design architectures for incorporating video into computer systems, video conferencing and digital encoding/decoding techniques. In addition, this guide discusses the popular DVD standard as well as HDTV, SDTV, DV and IEEE 1394.

A perfect guide for engineers as well as for any one interested in understanding and implementing modern video systems, including those for computers and the internet, as well as digital, MPEG and DVD systems.

Includes two CD-ROMs. They are loaded with design tools to assist in testing and evaluating video systems, including still images, QuickTime movies, and source code for MPEG, H.261, and H.263 encoders/decoders. They also contain test files and a digital version of the text.

About the Author: Keith Jack is the director of marketing for innovision Labs and has been the chief engineering architect for numerous video and multimedia ICs for PC and consumer markets. He lives in Cupertino, California.

Contents in Video Demystified

    * Introduction
    * Introduction to video
    * Color Spaces
    * Video Signals Overview
    * Video Signals Overview (continued)
    * Analog Video Interfaces
    * Digital Video Interfaces
    * Digital Video Interfaces (continued)
    * Digital Video Interfaces (continued)
    * Digital Video Interfaces (continued)
    * Digital Video Processing
    * Digital Video Processing (continued)
    * NTSC, PAL and SECAM overview
    * NTSC and PAL Digital Encoding and Decoding
    * NTSC and PAL Digital Encoding and Decoding (continued)
    * H.261 and H.263
    * H.261 and H.263 (continued)
    * Consumer DV
    * MPEG 1
    * MPEG 1 (continued)
    * MPEG 2
    * MPEG 2 (continued)
    * MPEG 2 (continued)
    * Digital Television (DTV)
    * CDROM Contents
    * Glossary
      Index 

* This E-Book is Indexed! *

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