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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Waggoner , Ben.

Compression for great video and audio : master tips and common sense / Ben Waggoner.

p . cm.

Rev . ed. of: Compression for great digital video / Ben Waggoner. 1992.

Includes index.

ISBN 978-0-240-81213-7

1 . Digital video. 2. Video compression. 3. Multimedia systems. I. Waggoner, Ben. Compression for great

digital video. II. Title.

QA76 .575.W32 2010

006 .7 – dc22

2009032833

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