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Table of Contents
About the Author. Preface.
Glossary.
List of figures.
List of tables.
1 Chapter 1: Introduction.
1.1 A change of scene.
1.2 Driving the change.
1.3 The role of standards.
1.4 Why H.264 Advanced Video Coding is important.
1.5 About this book.
2 Chapter 2: Video Formats and Quality.
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Natural video scenes.
2.3 Capture.
2.4 Colour spaces.
2.5 Video Formats.
2.6 Quality.
2.7 Summary.
2.8 References.
3 Chapter 3: Video Coding Concepts.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Video CODEC.
3.3 Prediction model.
3.4 Image model.
3.5 Entropy coder.
3.6 The hybrid DPCM/DCT video CODEC model.
3.7 Summary.
3.8 References.
4 Chapter 4: What is H.264?
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 What is H.264?
4.3 How does an H.264 codec work?
4.4 The H.264/AVC Standard.
4.5 H.264 Profiles and Levels.
4.6 The H.264 Syntax.
4.7 H.264 in practice.
4.8 Summary.
4.9 References.
5 H.264 syntax.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 H.264 syntax.
5.3 Frames, fields and pictures.
5.4 NAL unit.
5.5 Parameter Sets
5.6 Slice Layer.
5.7 Macroblock Layer.
5.8 Summary.
5.9 References.
6 Chapter 6: H.264 Prediction.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Macroblock Prediction.
6.3 Intra Prediction.
6.4 Inter Prediction.
6.5 Loop filter.
6.6 Summary.
6.7 References.
7 Chapter 7: H.264 transform and coding.
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Transform and quantization.
7.3 Block scan orders.
7.4 Coding.
7.5 Summary.
7.6 References.
8 H.264 conformance, transport and licensing.
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 Conforming to the Standard.
8.3 H.264 coding tools for transport support.
8.4 Transport of H.264 data.
8.5 Supplemental Information.
8.6 Licensing H.264/AVC.
8.7 Summary.
8.8 References.
9 Chapter 9: H.264 performance.
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 Experimenting with H.264.
9.3 Performance comparisons.
9.4 Rate control.
9.5 Mode selection.
9.6 Low complexity coding.
9.7 Summary.
9.8 References.
10 Chapter 10: Extensions and directions.
10.1 Introduction.
10.2 Scalable Video Coding.
10.3 Multiview Video Coding.
10.4 Configurable Video Coding.
10.5 Beyond H.264/AVC.
10.6 Summary.
10.7 References.
Index.
