Video Demystified: A Handbook for the Digital Engineer

by Keith Jack

This international bestseller and essential reference is the "bible" for digital video engineers and programmers worldwide. This is by far the most informative analog and digital video reference available, includes the hottest new trends and cutting-edge developments in the field.
Video Demystified, Fourth Edition is a "one stop" reference guide for the various digital video technologies. The fourth edition is completely updated with all new chapters on MPEG-4, H.264, SDTV/HDTV, ATSC/DVB, and Streaming Video (Video over DSL, Ethernet, etc.), as well as discussions of the latest standards throughout. The accompanying CD-ROM is updated to include a unique set of video test files in the newest formats.
*This essential reference is the "bible" for digital video engineers and programmers worldwide
*Contains all new chapters on MPEG-4, H.264, SDTV/HDTV, ATSC/DVB, and Streaming Video
*Completely revised with all the latest and most up-to-date industry standards

960 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1993

Reviews

[Decklyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a great technical desk reference but due to lack of commentary, it does not really demystify video at all.
It's a great desk reference but I wouldn't recommend it unless you are writing code in c manipulating transport streams etc.
I do work in this domain and I will likely refer to the book at some point in time but for your average person wanting to learn about the domain there may be a better

[Amar Pai]

If by "demystified" you mean "explained via endless pages of incomprehensible IEEE specs without any useful commentary," then yes.