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Video Coding with Superimposed Motion-Compensated Signals [Kluwer]
Video Coding with Superimposed Motion-Compensated Signals: Applications to H.264 and Beyond captures recent advances in motion compensation for efficient video...
Introduction to Digital Audio Coding [Marina Bosi and Richard E. Goldberg]
Introduction to Digital Audio Coding and Standards provides a detailed introduction to the methods, implementations, and official standards of state-of-the-art...
H.264 and MPEG-4 Video Compression: Video Coding for next-generation multimedia [Iain E. G. Richardson]
Following on from the successful MPEG-2 standard, MPEG-4 Visual is enabling a new wave of multimedia applications from Internet video streaming to mobile video...
MPEG-4 books from Streamcrest [Streamcrest]
Digital Video books by Ben Waggoner [By Ben Waggoner]

H.264/AVC Software Coordination [JVT]
Current software version: JM 7.6. Download the latest H.264/AVC reference software.
Quick BIFS primer [Dufourd]
Extensible MPEG-4 Textual Format (XMT) [Michelle Kim, Steve Wood, Lai-Tee Cheok]
MPEG-4: A Multimedia Standard for the Third Millennium, Part 2 [Stefano Battista et al]
MPEG-4: A Multimedia Standard [Stefano Battista et al]

More Free MPEG-4 Tools

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How to Execute a Successful Webcast [streamingmedia.com]
A primer on selecting the right equipment, making the right production decisions, and establishing a solid webcasting plan.
Understanding video file formats [webuser.co.uk]
With the rising popularity of video on the web and sites like YouTube, there is an increased need to understand the different types of video file format and what...
The Moving Picture: Core Performance [eventdv.net]
These days, this is how edit-bay economics shakes out: You can get a dual-processor, 3GHz quad-core Dell Precision 690 for $5,510 or save about $1,700 bucks and...
A Crash Course in Flash Video [streamingmedia.com]
If you're not using Flash Video, chances are you soon will be. Here's an overview of what Flash Video is, what it can and cannot do, and why you'd want to choose...
H.264 and Video Compression [ddj.com]
The two series of video codec nomenclature H.26x and MPEG-x overlap. MPEG-2 is named H.262 in the H.26x scheme. Likewise, another popular codec, H.264, is a subset...

More General MPEG-4 Information

Industry Perspectives: Delivering High-Quality Video Service Over DSL Networks [streamingmedia.com]
Fiber optics isn’t the only solution available to deliver video and interactive digital media to the home. Carriers around the world want to deploy video over...
Web Delivery Codecs for Internet Media Distribution [By Ben Waggoner, dv.com]
It's been a while since DV last ran an update on the formats and codecs used in Internet media distribution, so let's take another look at the lay of the codec...
Measuring and Monitoring Streaming Media Quality [streamingmedia.com]
Article: How can you judge the quality of your streaming media (and the success of the overall project) if you don’t have a yardstick? In the biz, such yardsticks...
Artist-driven MPEG-4 Streaming Webcasts [WireonFire.com]
Introducing the WireonFire.com MPEG-4 streaming webcasts. QuickTime 6 Required.
MPEG-4 Content from RealNetworks [RealNetworks]

More MPEG-4 Content

Commentary: Format Wars Forever [streamingmedia.com]
We've seen it before—VHS vs. Betamax—and we're still seeing it elsewhere—Blu-ray vs. HD DVD. But competing business models mean that, for online video at least,...
ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information technology standards for purchase from ISO
MPEG-4 Audio Conformance Bitstreams
MPEG-4 Video Conformance Bitstreams
MPEG-4 Systems Conformance Bitstreams

More MPEG-4 Standards Reference

Vlogging Takes Streamed Content to the Next Level [streamingmedia.com]
In the aftermath of the tsunami tragedy, video blogs have become familiar and gained respectability. Now, with tools like Serious Magic’s Vlog It!, it’s only a...
AudioCoding.com
AudioCoding.com's goal is to provide the community with free MPEG-4 audio codecs. Currently implemented are MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AAC. The supported AAC profiles are...
XviD [XviD]
XviD is an ISO MPEG-4 compliant video codec. It's no product, it's an open source project which is developed and maintained by lots of people from all over the...
FFmpeg Open Source audio/video codec library with streaming and recording tools. [Sourceforge.net]
FFmpeg is a complete solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. It includes libavcodec, the leading audio/video codec library. FFmpeg is developped...
Project Mayo (OpenDivX)

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New Book Contains In-depth Discussion of Both Video Compression and Communication Technology [businesswire.com]
Research and Markets has announced the addition of Video Compression and Communications: H.261, H.263, H.264, MPEG4 and Proprietary Codecs to their offering.
Multiple Delivery Mechanisms for Streaming
P2P, personal area networks, and progressive layering of downloads are just a few of the mechanisms that will ensure streaming's success in the future.
Video Production for Streaming ... more [streamingmedia.com]
When discussing the best ways to ensure a high-quality streaming broadcast, most of the attention centers on the encoding stage of the overall video production...
Looking into the Crystal Ball: The Future of Open-Standard Internet Video [streamingmedia.com]
At Streaming Media East last month, three industry experts took a look into the crystal ball, and reached different conclusions regarding whether the...
IPTV and Streaming: Distinguishing the Differences [streamingmedia.com]
Both streaming and IPTV have been around either as technologies or concepts for more than a decade, yet much of the enthusiasm generated by streaming in the late...

More Other Publications

No More Coasters: COMMON DVD MISTAKES AND HOW TO AVOID THEM [dv.com]
DVD is supposed to be a worldwide standard format, supported across the consumer electronics and computer industries-from silicon chips to consumer electronics...
2004 DSP directory [EDN]
The list of resources supporting digital-signal processing continues to expand. Check out the latest additions.
QuickTime Encapsulation of Standard Video Test Sequences [Apple]
This page contains QuickTime Movies of the standard video test sequences downloaded from Stephan Wenger's TML project page. On that page the sequences are supplied...
Test Sequences from Munich Technical University [TUM]

More Reference Content/Test Sequences

SMPTE All-Day Seminar MPEG-4 - Documents and Presentation Materials [SMPTE]
The Vancouver seminar [MPEG]

More Seminars and Conferences

Wireless Streaming Video Over 802.11 using H.264 / AVC Video Compression [TechOnLine]
TechOnLine delivers e-Learning solutions and educational resources to the electronics community. Through innovative e-Learning products and services, TechOnLine...
Deliver Content at Maximum Speed and Minimum Cost [TechWeb]
Webcast: Tuesday, March 30, 2004, 11:00-12:00 PT / 2:00-3:00 PM ET . Listen to the need for flexible and affordable digital content management solutions and...
Webtalks on MPEG-4 [M4IF & Streaming Media]
MPEG-4 Pioneer: Rob Koenen, recorded talk show [Streaming Media]