1. Video Compression and the Internet

2. Need for Compression Important to advancement of internet Video prevalent all over the net Compression has improved greatly over the past 10 years Helped revolutionize the way internet delivers content

3. How it works Exploits flaw in human perception Algorithms written to do this Areas of similar color averaged out Image is the same over period of time All works to make files smaller, with better quality Allowing faster transmission online Able to fit onto ipods, phones, etc

5. What is a codec? Allows for the compression (co), and decompression (dec) of a video file Represents analog information in a digital way Bitrate – amount of data per second required – Lower is better

6. List of codecs through the years MPEG1 MPEG2 Sorenson Realplayer Quicktime DivX XviD H.264/x264 VC-1

7. Importance of flash Allowed sites like Youtube to flourish Unified the standard of how to deliver video Prior to flash video, different standards, confusing Including Windows Media player, Quicktime, Realplayer and more Everybody already has flash, so no ambiguity

8. The flash video format Flv files embedded in websites – Contain video files H.264, VP6, Sorenson H.263 Previous flash versions starting at 6 supported different formats

9. Why encode video Too large to upload to YouTube – 1gb file limit Most digital cameras use poor codecs with little to no compression, wasting hard drive space, also making sending over internet unfeasible Rip your dvds to your computer Digitalize old home movies on analog sources for preservation and sharing online To put on your portable media player (ipod) Use of filters to improve video quality from bad sources

10. What does it take to encode video? Choose a codec – h.264/x264 and xvid are common A video file An encoder – FFMpeg, MeGUI, Handbrake

20. What’s next GPU based encoding Badaboom – Uses Nvidia graphics cards Faster than CPU Quality an issue currently

21. Further Information www.doom9.org www.videohelp.com

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