How Video Works - From Broadcast to the Cloud

List of contents

1. Introduction


1. The early days


2. From broadcast to the cloud (online)


3. About this book


2. The Medium of Video


1. Types of video signal


1. Analog theory


2. Analog, digital broadcast, online


3. Broadcast standards


2. Types of delivery


1. Digital theory


2. Live video, live linear, on demand


3. Broadcast standards


4. OTT and Beyond – video in the age of the Internet


5. IPTV (Internet Protocol TV)


3. HD and beyond


1. 720p


2. 1080i/p


3. 4k (UHD)


4. 8k


4. Audio for video


3. Acquisition of Video


1. Via camera


1. Tape


2. Digital


2. Capture


1. Analog (capture card)


2. Digital (firewire or import)


3. Storage


1. Disc/tape/raid/cloud


4. Manipulating (or Working) with video


1. Monitoring


1. Waveforms


1. Analog


2. Digital


2. Vectorscopes


3. Histograms


4. Levels


2. Compression


1. How compression works


1. Intraframe


2. Interframe


2. General encoding info


1. Codecs


2. Formats


3. Resolutions


4. Framerates


3. How we encode


1. Locally


1. hardware vs software


2. In the cloud


3. Hybrid


5. Encoding video for the Internet


1. Progressive Download


2. Streaming


3. Adaptive Bit Rate


6. Delivering & Watching Video


1. Transmissions via Online


1. Progressive Download


2. Streaming


3. Adaptive Bit Rate


2. Transmission via Traditional Broadcast


1. OTA


2. Satellite


3. Cable


3. Physical


1. DVD


2. Bluray


3. Tape (professional)


7. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Vance Piccin, Piccin Vance, Diana Weynand, Diana Piccin Weynand, Weynand Diana
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.2015
• EAN: 9781138786011
• ISBN: 978-1-138-78601-1
• No. of pages: 348
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Photography, filmmaking, video filmmaking; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Television & Video, Television technology