Professionals in the video and multimedia industry need a book that explains industry standards for video coding and how to convert the compressed information between standards. This book answers this demand while also supplying the theories and principles of video compression and transcoding technologies. Emphasizing digital video transcoding techniques, the text summarizes its content via examples of practical methods for transcoder implementation. It relates almost all of its featured transcoding technologies to practical applications. This volume takes a structured approach, starting with basic video transcoding concepts and progressing toward the most sophisticated systems.

Huifang Sun, Tihao Chiang, Xuemin Chen

Fundamentals of digital video compressions. Digital video coding standards. Video transcoding algorithms and systems architecture. Topics on optimization of transcoding performance. Video transport transcoding. System clock recovery and time stamping. Transcoder video buffer and hypothetical reference decoder. Cryptography and conditional access for video transport systems. Application and implementation of video transcoders. Universal multimedia access using MPEG-21 digital item adaption. End-to-end video streaming and transcoding system.