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B.Tech. IV (CO) Semester - 8

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CO418: VIDEO CODEC STANDARDS & DESIGN (ELECTIVE-II)

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COURSE OBJECTIVES
  • Introduce students to different video codec standards.
  • Introduce students to basic concepts of Video Transmission and Display.
  • Enable students to analyze which coding techniques are required for different video transmission and techniques.
COURSE OUTCOMES
After successful completion of this course, student will be able to
  • Understand different video codec standards.
  • Select proper parameters for video display.
  • Determine the bottlenecks in certain phases of video transmission.
  • Understand different coding techniques for video transmission and processing.
COURSE CONTENT
  • Introduction

    • (10 Hours)

    Digital Video, Image and Video Compression Fundamentals, Video Coding Standards: JPEG and MPEG., Video Coding Standards: H.261, H.263 and H.26L

  • Motion Estimation and Compensation

    • (06 Hours)

    Requirements for Motion Estimation and Compensation, Block Matching, Different Motion Estimation Techniques and their comparison, Performance Analysis
  • Coding

    • (06 Hours)

    Quantization, Discrete Cosine Transform, Discrete Wavelet Transform, Entropy Coding, Huffman Coding, Arithmetic coding
  • Video Code Design

    • (12 Hours)

    Pre-filtering: Camera Noise and Movement, Post-processing: Distortion, De-blocking filter, Error Concealment filter, Error Resilience Rate Control, Rate Distortion, Computational Complexity, Quality of Service Parameters, Codec Interface
  • Contemporary Research Topics

    • (08 Hours)
  • Tutorials will be based on the coverage of the above topics separately.

    • (14 Hours)

    (Total Contact Time: 42 Hours + 14 Hours = 56 Hours)
    BOOKS RECOMMENDED

    1. Iain E. G. Richardson , "Video Codec Design: Developing Image and Video Compression Systems", ISBN: 978-0-471-48553-7, June 2002
    2. Iain E. G. Richardson , "H.264 and MPEG-4 Video Compression: Video Coding for Next Generation Multimedia", John Wiley & Sons ltd,2003
    3. M. Ghanbari, "Standard Codecs: Image Compression to Advanced Video Coding (Telecommunications)" ,The Institute of Electrical Engineers, London, United Kingdom, ISBN 0 85296 710 1, 2003
    4. Iain E. G. Richardson , "Video Codec Design: Developing Image and Video Compression Systems", John Wiley and Sons, 2002
    5. Khalid Sayood, "Lossless Compression Handbook (Communications, Networking and Multimedia)", 1/E, Academic Press; 2002