Havaldar P., Medioni G. Multimedia Systems: Algorithms, Standards, and Industry Practices

Course Technology, Cengage Learning, 2009. - 601 c. ISBN: 1418835943Multimedia Systems: 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.