[Fwd: [M4IF Technotes] MPEG-4 Books]

[Igor Pandzic]

Hi,
Let me add another one, very focused on FA:
MPEG-4 Facial Animation: The Standard, Implementation and Applications
Igor S. Pandzic (Editor), Robert Forchheimer (Editors)
http://www.wiley.com/cda/product/0,,0470844655,00.html
Regards,
Igor
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [M4IF Technotes] MPEG-4 Books
> Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2023 15:13:31 -0700
> From: Ben Waggoner <ben   interframemedia.com>
> To: <technotes   lists.m4if.org>
>
> (Rob Koenen asked me to copy this over from the Streaming Media
> MPEG-4 list)
>
> Folks,
>
>     There are a number of books about and discussing MPEG-4 out now.
>
>     I got the "The MPEG-4 Book" edited by Fernando Pereira and Touradj
> Ebrahimi last week.  It is quite good, and definitely the first
> truly useful
> reference on MPEG-4.  Finally, an actual document which covers all the
> tools, profiles, and levels used in the myriad facets of the MPEG-4
> standard!  Compared to the standard itself, it's much more readable and
> much, much cheaper.  The book also has an interesting overview of
> the MPEG-4
> standards process, and information on verification.
>     Overall, it's a must have for anyone involved in the creation
> of MPEG-4
> products, and technically inclined content folks looking to
> implement MPEG-4
> solutions.  It's not the kind of book that gets read cover to cover, but
> I've found myself pulling it down from the bookshelf a couple times a day
> since I've got it, answering a question in 30 seconds that would
> have taken
> 30 minutes on the web.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130616214/benwaggoner-20
>
>     This is the first MPEG-4 book I've found worthy to add to my favorite
> compression books section of my website:
>
> http://www.benwaggoner.com/bookshelf.htm
>
>     Another interesting but somewhat disingenuously titled book is "MPEG-4
> Jump-Start" by Aaron E. Walsh and Mikael Bourges-Sevenier.  It's
> really all
> about doing rich media in MPEG-4.  It looks like it would be very
> useful for
> anyone doings BIFS, but doesn't have much applicable to the
> audio/video/streaming side of things.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130600369/benwaggoner-20
>
>     There is also the compelling sounding, but as yet unread "MPEG-4
> Demystified" by Peter Symes.  Amazon only has it as some kind of special
> order, and mine hasn't shown up yet.  This is surprising, since
> his previous
> books haven't had any unusual distribution.  Anyway, I haven't read this
> book yet, but Symes's excellent "Video Compression Demystified" was a
> clearly written and well illustrated introduction to modern video
> and audio
> codecs.  If his MPEG-4 book is half as good, it'll be great.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0071388893/benwaggoner-20
>
>
>     And I just discovered that Amazon.com is now shipping MY book about
> video compression (a couple of weeks early)!  The book is for hands-on
> compressionists, and covers compression theory, preprocessing,
> workflow, and
> many formats.  MPEG-4 has its own pretty long chapter (which Rob Koenen
> helped me out with).
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/157820111X/benwaggoner-20
>
>     Should definitely be useful for those looking to make MPEG-4 audio and
> Video files.  Those making MPEG-4 compression tools would
> probably find the
> sections on preprocessing and compression tools, and the tutorials, very
> useful in understanding what mainstream commercial encoding tools
> look like
> and do.
>
>     There are a number of other forthcoming MPEG-4 books that look very
> interesting, like one from the voluble John Watkinson, and a followup to
> "Jump-Start."
>
>
> Ben Waggoner <http://www.benwaggoner.com>
> Compressed Video Consulting, Training, and Encoding
>
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