Next-Generation Video Coding and Streaming (eBook)

Benny Bing has worked in academia for over 20 years. He has published over 80 research papers and 12 books, and has 6 video patents licensed to industry. He has served as a technical editor for several IEEE journals and an IEEE Communications Society Distinguished lecturer. He also received the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Technology Innovation Award for demonstrations of advanced media technologies.

Preface

1. Digital Video Delivery

1.1 Broadband TV Landscape

1.2 Internet TV Delivery Platforms

1.3 Second Screen Device Adoption

1.4 Screen and Video Resolution

1.5 Stereoscopic 3D TV

1.6 Video Coding Standards

1.7 Video Streaming Protocols

1.8 TV Interfaces and Navigation

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2. Video Coding Fundamentals

2.1 Sampling Formats of Raw Videos

2.2 Impact of Video Compression

2.3 General Video Codec Operations

2.4 Transform Coding

2.5 Entropy Coding

2.6 MPEG (H.26x) Standards

2.7 Group of Pictures

2.8 Motion Estimation and Compensation

2.9 Non-MPEG Video Coding

2.10 Constant and Variable Bit Rate Videos

2.11 Advanced Audio Coding

2.12 Video Containers

2.13 Closed Captions

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3. H.264/AVC Standard

3.1 Overview of H.264

3.2 H.264 Syntax and Semantics

3.3 H.264 Encoder

3.4 Rate Distortion Optimization

3.5 Video Coding and Network Abstraction Layers

3.6 Error Resilience

3.7 Transform Coding

3.8 Entropy Coding

3.9 Motion Vector Search

3.10 Multiple Reference Slices

3.11 Scalable Video Coding

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4. H.265/HEVC Standard

4.1 H.265 Overview

4.2 H.265 Syntax and Semantics

4.3 Profiles, Levels, and Tiers

4.4 Quadtrees

4.5 Slices

4.6 Intraprediction

4.7 Interprediction

4.8 Transform, Scaling, and Quantization

4.9 Entropy Encoding

4.10 In-Loop Filters

4.11 Special H.265 Coding Modes

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5. Assessing and Enhancing Video Quality

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Distortion Measure

5.3 Peak Signal to Noise Ratio

5.4 Structural Similarity Index

5.5 Observable versus Perceptual Visual Artifacts

5.6 Error Concealment

5.7 Color Science

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6. Coding Performance of H.262, H.264, and H.265

6.1 Coding Parameters

6.2 Comparison of H.265 and H.264

6.3 Frame Coding Comparison

6.4 Impact of Coding Block Size on Frame Coding Efficiency

6.5 Summary of Coding Performance

6.6 Error Resiliency Comparison of H.264 and H.265

6.7 H.264/H.265 versus H.262

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7. Multiview Coding

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Multiview Coding

7.3 Correlation Between Left and Right Views in S3D Videos

7.4 View Expansion via Sample Interpolation

7.5 Anaglyph 3D Generation

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8. Video Distribution and Streaming

8.1 Adaptive Video Streaming

8.2 Video Quality and Chunk Efficiency

8.3 Apple HLS

8.4 HLS over 4G and 802.11

8.5 Impact of Varying Chunk Duration

8.6 Microsoft Silverlight Smooth Streaming

8.7 Traffic Rate Shaping

8.8 Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming

8.9 MPEG-DASH (ISO/IEC 23009)

8.10 Aggregate Adaptive Stream Bandwidth Prediction

8.11 Limitations of Client-Based Adaptive Streaming Systems

8.12 Tips for Efficient Adaptive Streaming

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Glossary

Index