CHAPTER 1 Introducing Digital Video
Standard and high-definition video
Convergence of video and information technology
Basics: transmission, storage, and compression
Time compression and packetising
Synchronisation and time base correction
Error correction and concealment
CHAPTER 2 Optical and Video Principles
Motion portrayal and dynamic resolution
ESSAY: Progressive or interlaced scan?
Scanning formats for SD and HDTV
Gain control by multiplication
The discrete cosine transform (DCT)
Two-dimensional sampling spectra
Requantizing and digital dither
Basic digital-to-analog conversion
Basic analog-to-digital conversion
Factors affecting convertor quality
ESSAY: Digitizing component video
CHAPTER 5 Digital Video Processing
Address generation and interpolation
ESSAY: Converting between computer and video formats
Applications of motion compensation
ESSAY: Motion-estimation techniques
Motion-compensated standards conversion
CHAPTER 6 Video Compression and MPEG
Spatial and temporal redundancy in MPEG
Scanning and run-length/variable-length coding
MPEG-4 and advanced video coding (AVC)
Motion compensation (MC) in AVC
Processing MPEG-2 and concatenation
CHAPTER 7 Digital Audio in Video
ESSAY: Stereo and surround sound
Choice of sampling rate for audio
Basic digital-to-analog conversion
Basic analog-to-digital conversion
Oversampling and noise shaping
Operating levels in digital audio
CHAPTER 8 Digital Coding Principles
Optical and magneto-optical disks
Equalization and data separation
ESSAY: The Reed–Solomon codes
The rotary head tape transport
CHAPTER 10 Communication Systems
Serial digital video interfaces
Digital television broadcasting
Program-specific information (PSI)
Broadcast modulation techniques
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