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Compression for Great Video and Audio: Master Tips and Common Sense

AUTHOR Waggoner, Ben
PUBLISHER Routledge (11/01/2009)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

Description

Learn how to compress video and audio with optimal quality and minimal hassles. Renowned expert Ben Waggoner teaches you to improve the quality of your final content and develop effective workflows. Understand the basic concepts of vision and hearing, apply that knowledge in the context of compression, then move onto practical, applicable information for creating, editing, and compressing the best video and audio, whether you're delivering for the web, DVD, Blu-ray, phones, or beyond.

  • Clear examples of how to make the best choices in real-world projects
  • Covers Mac and Windows products for a complete look at today's compression technologies: all the different tools, codecs, and formats for different kinds of deliverables are described, focusing on how to pick the right options for particular projects, players, and sources

Formats

  • Windows Media
  • QuickTime
  • Flash FLV and F4V
  • MPEG-4 and H.264
  • MPEG-2
  • Ogg Vorbis and Theora
  • Silverlight and Smooth Streaming

Devices

  • iPod and iPhone
  • Zune HD
  • Playstation Portable
  • Playstation 3
  • Xbox 360
  • DVD and Blu-ray

Visit the companion website at http: //www.taylorandfrancis.com/cw/waggoner-9780240812137/.

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Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780240812137
ISBN-10: 0240812131
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
Edition Number: 0002
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Page Count: 632
Carton Quantity: 4
Product Dimensions: 7.40 x 1.20 x 9.20 inches
Weight: 2.80 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents, Glossary, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Computers | Interactive & Multimedia
Computers | Film - Direction & Production
Dewey Decimal: 006.7
Library of Congress Control Number: 2009032833
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Learn how to compress video and audio with optimal quality and minimal hassles. Renowned expert Ben Waggoner teaches you to improve the quality of your final content and develop effective workflows. Understand the basic concepts of vision and hearing, apply that knowledge in the context of compression, then move onto practical, applicable information for creating, editing, and compressing the best video and audio, whether you're delivering for the web, DVD, Blu-ray, phones, or beyond.

  • Clear examples of how to make the best choices in real-world projects
  • Covers Mac and Windows products for a complete look at today's compression technologies: all the different tools, codecs, and formats for different kinds of deliverables are described, focusing on how to pick the right options for particular projects, players, and sources

Formats

  • Windows Media
  • QuickTime
  • Flash FLV and F4V
  • MPEG-4 and H.264
  • MPEG-2
  • Ogg Vorbis and Theora
  • Silverlight and Smooth Streaming

Devices

  • iPod and iPhone
  • Zune HD
  • Playstation Portable
  • Playstation 3
  • Xbox 360
  • DVD and Blu-ray

Visit the companion website at http: //www.taylorandfrancis.com/cw/waggoner-9780240812137/.

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Author: Waggoner, Ben
Ben Waggoner is an independent scholar of Viking-era Norse culture and religion, as well as a translator of Old Norse literature, focusing on the legendary sagas. A native of south Louisiana, he now lives in Arkansas with his wife and son. When he s not translating sagas, he teaches science.
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