Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Publishing Digital Video is an excellent book for Windows users who want to learn to capture, edit, compress, and render digital video. Author Jan Ozer starts out by defining basic concepts, such as compression, bandwidth, streaming video, and streaming audio. He explains the primary codecs for Internet delivery (ClearVideo, VDOLive, VXtreme, and VivoActive) and those for CD-ROM delivery (Cinepak, IVI, Indeo, Power!Video Pro, TrueMotionS, Video1, MPEG-1, and Smacker), rating their performance in high-and low-action movies and at different resolutions and compression rates. You can compare shots of video stills from each test as well. Ozer also teaches you the difference between analog and digital video standards and explains how to shop for and install a video capture board, and how to capture and edit video using Adobe Premiere, Asymetrix's Digital Video Producer, and Ulead's MediaStudio. There's also a lot of hands-on advice for using encoders such as Indeo and Cinepak, using low-end MPEG-1 tools, and learning about the higher end, newer MPEG-2. You can work with practice files and a software program, VCS Play, which are on the CD-ROM that's included. VCS Play lets you play two videos simultaneously to compare codecs, bandwidth, and display rate. The CD-ROM also includes the book itself in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format; if you read on-screen, you can click the video stills to watch the test videos in action.
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Praise for PUBLISHING DIGITAL VIDEO!
". . .provides video workers with the most practical and readable book on making digital video happen, emphasizing not just the nuts and bolts of tech sheets and techniques, but how to plan and approach the parts of the process with the clear end goal firmly in view."
--EMEDIA PROFESSIONAL
"Jan Ozer's Publishing Digital Video updates his classic video compression book and brings it current on DV, MPEG, and Internet compression. A CD-ROM with examples, techniques, and utilities is indispensible."
--NEW MEDIA
"Most computer books these days include a CD-ROM, often filled with shovelware. This CD-ROM includes the full text and all screenshots and charts in Adobe Acrobat format and, more importantly, sample video clips. All these are beautifully orchestrated."
--INFORMATION TODAY
Praise for the First Edition, Video Compression for Multimedia!
"A hearty cheer for Jan Ozer! His book, Video Compression for Multimedia does something I was beginning to think was plain impossible: Ozer clearly explains the basic concepts behind getting video on CD-ROM, and then he shows you how to apply with tips, tricks, and good old-fashioned attention to detail."
--CD-ROM PROFESSIONAL
"An indispensible, step-by-step guide to video capture and compression."
--Carrie C. Kotcho, Multimedia Specialist, Bell Atlantic
"...the definitive source on video compression technology in the industry. The tools available through Doceo are a must for anyone developing multimedia products."
--E.J. McFaul, President, SIGCAT
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