Real World Video Compression, Adobe Reader

by Andy Beach, Peachpit Press (Creator)

This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version. Video is the Internet these days and as the growing trend toward viewing video on mobile devices increases too, the attention is turning toward creating a good user experience for downloading and viewing that video. One of the keys to this is delivering video in the correct format with the proper compression for that delivery. Real World Video Compression is one of the first books on this topic to demystify the various approaches to compression. It begins by describing the basic concepts of video compression, explains why you might choose a particular compression tool over another, and covers important workflow practices. After the groundwork is laid, readers will learn how to compress their video according to the specific requirements of their projects and will learn some best practices by following the author's own tips and recipes. Experts in the field lend their own solutions in several sidebars throughout the book, making this a valuable learning tool for anyone learning to encode video, whether they are bloggers, DVD authors, video editors, or students.
Contents at a Glance
Chapter One: Understanding Video and Audio.
Chapter Two: The Language of Compression
Chapter Three: Best Practices
Chapter Four: Preprocessing
Interview with a Compressionist: John Howell
Chapter Five: Compression Tools
Interview with a Compressionist: Nico Puertollano
Chapter Six: Compressing for DVDs
Interview with a Compressionist: Ben Waggoner
Chapter Seven: Compressing for the Web
Interview with a Compressionist: Jim Rohner
Chapter Eight: Compressing for Mobile
Interview with a Compressionist: Ryanne Hodson
Chapter Nine: Compressing for Set-Top Boxes
Interview with a Compressionist: Andy Beach
"In the highly accessible REAL WORLD VIDEO COMPRESSION, Andy Beach
illuminates the dark-art of encoding and provides candid insight from
working professionals. Andy's fluid style and easy prose decode this
often misunderstood and often misinformed world...he is the Carl Sagan
of compression."
Brian Gary
Filmmaker, Compressionist
Author of the COMPRESSOR 3 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

Kindle Edition

First published April 12, 2008

About the author

i'm a well read video geek who works in the software industry, makes great cocktails, cooks, and likes to work on old volvos.

Reviews

[Malik Yusuf · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very well introductory information about digital video compression, encoding and transcoding techniques. It also includes some interesting interviews with professional compressionist which adds a bit more to this introductory text book.

[Andy · Rating 5 out of 5]

well its my book, of course i gave it a 5 star review :)