MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS ALGORITHMS STANDARDS AND INDUSTRY PRACTICES

MULTIMEDIA ALGORITHMS, STANDARDS, AND INDUSTRY PRACTICES BRINGS TOGETHER THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF A MODERN MULTIMEDIA PIPELINE FROM CONTENT CREATION, COMPRESSION, DISTRIBUTION AND DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT. DRAWING ON THEIR EXPERIENCE IN INDUSTRY, HAVALDAR AND MEDIONI DISCUSS THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN ENGINEERING AN END-TO-END MULTIMEDIA PIPELINE AND GIVE PLENTY OF REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES INCLUDING DIGITAL TELEVISION, IPTV, MOBILE DEPLOYMENTS, AND DIGITAL CINEMA PIPELINES. THE TEXT ALSO CONTAINS UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE OF CURRENT ISSUES IN MULTIMEDIA, INCLUDING A DISCUSSION OF MPEG-4 AND THE CURRENT PROGRESS IN MPEG-21 TO CREATE A FRAMEWORK WHERE SEAMLESS DATA EXCHANGE WILL BE POSSIBLE.