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How Video Works: From Broadcast to the Cloud book cover

3rd Edition

How Video Works From Broadcast to the Cloud

By Diana Weynand, Vance Piccin Copyright 2016
360 Pages 16 Color & 126 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

360 Pages 16 Color & 126 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

360 Pages 16 Color & 126 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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How Video Works　raises the curtain on how video is created, scanned, transmitted, stored, compressed, encoded, delivered and streamed to its multitude of destinations. In today’s digital world, every content creator—individual as well as network or corporation—must understand the process of how video works in order to deliver not only the best quality video, but a digital video file with the most... Read more
  1. Introduction

    1. The early days

    2. From broadcast to the cloud (online)

    3. About this book

  2. The Medium of Video

    1. Types of video signal

      1. Analog theory

      2. Analog, digital broadcast, online

      3. Broadcast standards

    2. Types of delivery

      1. Digital theory

      2. Live video, live linear, on demand

      3. Broadcast standards

      4. OTT and Beyond – video in the age of the Internet

      5. IPTV (Internet Protocol TV)

    3. HD and beyond

      1. 720p

      2. 1080i/p

      3. 4k (UHD)

      4. 8k

    4. Audio for video

  3. Acquisition of Video

    1. Via camera

      1. Tape

      2. Digital

    2. Capture

      1. Analog (capture card)

      2. Digital (firewire or import)

    3. Storage

      1. Disc/tape/raid/cloud

  4. Manipulating (or Working) with video

    1. Monitoring

      1. Waveforms

        1. Analog

        2. Digital

      2. Vectorscopes

      3. Histograms

      4. Levels

    2. Compression

      1. How compression works

        1. Intraframe

        2. Interframe

      2. General encoding info

        1. Codecs

        2. Formats

        3. Resolutions

        4. Framerates

      3. How we encode

        1. Locally

          1. hardware vs software

        2. In the cloud

        3. Hybrid

  5. Encoding video for the Internet

      1. Progressive Download

      2. Streaming

      3. Adaptive Bit Rate

  6. Delivering & Watching Video

    1. Transmissions via Online

      1. Progressive Download

      2. Streaming

      3. Adaptive Bit Rate

    2. Transmission via Traditional Broadcast

      1. OTA

      2. Satellite

      3. Cable

    3. Physical

      1. DVD

      2. Bluray

      3. Tape (professional)

  7. Conclusion

Biography

Diana Weynand is an award-winning Producer, Director, Editor, and the co-founder of Rev Up Tech, a leader in training and consulting for emerging technologies. Diana was Supervising Editor for the Barbara Walters Specials, Director and Producer of the Emmy-nominated PBS series Cinematic Eye, and the PBS documentary Endangered Species: The San Francisco Cable Cars, and Online Editor for the Olympics and Real World. She authored Apple's certified Final Cut Pro books, and has written extensiveley on video. 

Vance Piccin is a freelance Video Editor specializing in Sports, Corporate, Talk Shows, and News Magazines. As Editor and Edit Supervisor, he has covered the NBC Olympics for over ten years, and has garnered seven Emmys in Outstanding Achievement in areas including Graphic Designer, Outstanding Team Studio, and Outstanding Technical Team Remote.

Marcus Weise has operated in both production and post production in the television industry. He has been an Associate Director, Online Editor, and Technical Consultant. His many credits include being an Online Editor for CSI.

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