[M4IF News] Finally ... THE MPEG-4 BOOK !

[Fernando Pereira]

 NEW !!!!!!! Now available !
     		THE MPEG-4 BOOK
 	Edited by Fernando Pereira & Touradj Ebrahimi
 	Published by Prentice Hall PTR
 	http://www.phptr.com/ptrbooks/ptr_0130616214.html
 MPEG-4 represents a breakthrough in multimedia, delivering not just
outstanding compression but also a fully interactive user experience. In
THE MPEG-4 BOOK, two leaders
of the MPEG-4 standards community offer a comprehensive, targeted guide
to the MPEG-4 standard - and its use in cutting-edge applications. 
 Fernando Pereira and Touradj Ebrahimi, together with a unique
collection of key MPEG experts, demonstrate how MPEG-4 addresses
tomorrow's multimedia applications more successfully than any previous
standard. They review every element of the standard to offer you a book
that covers:
o Synthetic and natural audio and video object coding,
description and synchronization
o BIFS-the MPEG-4 language for scene description
and interaction
o The extensible MPEG-4 textual format XMT
o Transport and delivery of MPEG-4 content
o MPEG-J: using Java classes within MPEG-4 content
o A complete overview of MPEG-4 Profiles and Levels
o Verification tests
 The authors also walk through the MPEG-4 Systems Reference Software
offering powerful real-world insights for every product developer,
software professional, engineer, and researcher involved with MPEG-4 and
state-of-the-art multimedia delivery.
-- 
Fernando Manuel Bernardo Pereira, Ph.D., Professor
Instituto Superior Técnico - Instituto de Telecomunicações
Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, PORTUGAL
Phone:  + 351 21 8418460           Fax:    + 351 21 8418472
E-mail: Fernando.Pereira   lx.it.pt WWW: http://www.img.lx.it.pt/~fp/