CHAPTER 12 Digital Video Transcoding

Shizhong Liu1, Alan C. Bovik2,

1 Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, USA

2 Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

12.1 INTRODUCTION

The rapid advent of digital multimedia technologies and the phenomenal growth of the internet have created numerous networked multimedia applications such as Video on Demand (VoD), Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), and video conferencing. For example, YouTube has become the most popular website for User Generated Video. People can go to YouTube website to search and view all kinds of video contents. The U-verse IPTV service provided by AT&T has also gained traction and, subsequently, its customer base has been growing exponentially. ...

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