A substantially updated edition of Video Coding: An introduction to
standard codecs (IEE 1999, winner of IEE Rayleigh Award as the best
book of 2000), this book discusses the growth of digital television
technology, from image compression to advanced video coding. This third
edition also includes the latest developments on H.264/MPEG-4 video
coding and the scalability defined for this codec, which were not
available at the time of the previous edition (IEE 2003). The book
highlights the need for standardisation in processing static and moving
images and extensively exploits the ITU and ISO/IEC standards defined in
this field. The book gives an authoritative explanation of pictures and
video coding algorithms, working from basic principles through to the
advanced video compression systems now being developed. It discusses the
reasons behind the introduction of a standard codec for a specific
application and its chosen parameters. Each chapter is devoted to a
standard video codec, and chapters are introduced in an evolutionary
manner complementing the earlier chapters. This book will enable readers
to appreciate the fundamentals needed to design a video codec for any
given application and should prove a valuable resource for managers,
engineers and researchers working in this field.