Contents About the Author xiii Foreword xv Preface xix Glossary xxi 1 Introduction 1 1.1 The Scene 1 1.2 Video Compression 3 1.3 MPEG-4 and H.264 5 1.4 This Book 6 1.5 References 7 2 Video Formats and Quality 9 2.1 Introduction 9 2.2 Natural Video Scenes 9 2.3 Capture 10 2.3.1 Spatial Sampling 11 2.