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Title: H.264 and MPEG-4 Video Compression: Video Coding for Next Generation Multimedia
ISBN: 0470848375
Author:
Iain Richardson
Iain E. G. Richardson
Publicate Date: 2003-08-12
Publish: 2003-08-12
List Price: $120.00
Average Customer Rating: 3.0
Format: Hardcover
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1: Totally solid, and still the only book out there
I almost didn't get this book because some of the other reviews are pretty bad. I'm glad I got it!
This isn't a standard. So you won't find every table that's part of h.264, but you'll find enough that the standard will be accessible after you read this book. And given that the goal is conversational instead of documentary, Richardson has done a terrific job of simultaneously describing a host of relatively difficult concepts, explaining how they fit together, and explaining their places in the MPEG4 and H.264 standards.
This is probably not a first book on video compression; for that, you might try Digital Video Compression (with CD-ROM). If you get that other book, though, only read the first half. (The second half is absurdly dated and not very helpful.) I think it's reasonable to read the first half of that book, then this one, and then jump right into the standard itself (for whatever purposes you want to do that).
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2: Pretty useless
The book does not go deep into the H.264 standard.
It seems that it was supposed to be a review of MPEG-4, with H.264 added as an afterthought.
I expected the level of the Mitchell / Pennebaker classic book on MPEG, but was disappointed.
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3: A book which is better than many overview papers
I like the book on overview of H.264 (because it is no worse than most of overview papers, even those in IEEE by H.264 chairs).
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4: One Chapter on H.264 Only - Don't Bother
I got this book since it is the only book on H.264 I know of.
There is a single chapter on H.264, chapter 6. The free
on-line papers from Richardson are mostly what is in that chapter.
There are plenty of H.264 overviews on the net for free
which cover the subject in greater depth which are more current.
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5: First on the subject, rough around the edges
This is the first text book published on H.264. It has a nice overview of digital video compression techniques followed by chapters focusing on the specifics of each of the MPEG-4 and H.264 standards. Buying this book relays much of the same information but is more cost effective than buying each of the papers and articles on the subject from IEEE and others.It appears that this book was rushed to publication in order to be first. Particularly in the chapter on H.264, there are many typos and incomplete figures. In some places, a new technical term is used without proper introduction. I look forward to a cleaner second edition in the future.
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