Chapter 8. Video Compression

Video compression is a critical technology that has emerged over the past four decades and has enabled complete transition from analog to digital video in all entertainment and communication industries, including digital TV, digital cinema, and visual communications. It has revolutionalized how we consume and communicate visual media, making the Internet the premiere media and visual information-exchange environment.

The high bit-rate requirements for uncompressed standard and high-definition video formats make the need for video compression evident. Different industries and applications may have different video resolution and quality requirements, ranging from lossless compression for studio editing and archiving ...

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