Subject: RE: review of "Video Compression Techniques", by Effelsberg&Stein metz

From: "Koenen, R.H." <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 10:40:50 +0100

> There is a new book pout called, plainly
> "Video Compression Techniques", by Wolfgang Effelsberg
> and RalfS Steinmetz, published by dpunkt (see www.dpunkt.de), 
> ISBN 3-920993-13-6

Interesting book

[...]
> compression techniques followed by in depth coverage of MEG 1, 2, 4
> and 7, and H.261, 263, and finally a quality, and performance analysis
> of the various techniques and algorithms and parameter setting.

... MPEG-7 being the odd one out, as it isn't a compression technique
but a description intended to allow search and identification of
multimedia material. See http://www.cselt.it/mpeg

regards,
Rob

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Rob Koenen, chairman MPEG Requirements Group
Multimedia Technology Group, KPN Research
PO Box 421, 2260 AK  Leidschendam The Netherlands
tel +31 70 332 5310    fax  +31 70 332 5567
GSM +31 653 815 686   

> The book is accompanied by a CD with software to demonstrate a lot of
> the ideas, There is a web site associated with the book with the
> software and updates, and these are quite fun - the authors are very
> acive researchers in this area, butr are also good educators, and I
> foun the book easily the best introduction and overview of the topic,
> as well as quite useful on some details I was hazy about. Happy
> reading.
> 
> see
> http://www.kom.e-technik.tu-darmstadt.de/Research/mmbook/
> and follow links...  for applets etc....
>