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| Video Preparation and Capture | |
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| Video Basics | |
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| Frame Rate | |
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| Flicker | |
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| Television Video Versus Film | |
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| Interlaced and Progressive Video Tradeoffs | |
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| Film-to-Video Conversion | |
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| Film-to-Video-to-Film Conversion | |
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| Frame Shape (Aspect Ratio) | |
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| Analog Versus Digital | |
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| Analog-to-Digital (A/D) Conversion | |
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| Resolution | |
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| Scan Lines (Vertical Resolution) | |
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| Lines of Horizontal Resolution | |
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| Higher and Lower Resolution Sources | |
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| Color Resolution | |
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| Connectors and Image Quality | |
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| Rectangular Pixels and Non-Square Projection | |
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| Television | |
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| Film | |
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| Broadcast Standards | |
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| Video Basics Summary | |
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| Capturing Video | |
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| Digital Tape Formats | |
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| Digital Video Cameras | |
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| Film Formats | |
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| Analog Tape Formats and Cameras | |
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| Analog Capture | |
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| Computer Graphics | |
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| Creating New Internet Video Content | |
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| Audience Internet Connection | |
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| Shooting | |
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| Editing | |
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| Summary | |
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| Video Compression | |
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| Compression: How Much Is Bad? What Codec Should I Use? The Decision-Making Process | |
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| Delivery Method | |
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| Bandwidth Target | |
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| Player Choice | |
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| Codec/Format | |
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| Encoding Systems | |
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| Basic Settings | |
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| Balancing Audio and Video Bit Rates | |
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| Codecs | |
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| Frame Rate | |
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| Video Size | |
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| Quality | |
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| Advanced Settings | |
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| Quality-Based Versus Bit Rate-Based Compression | |
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| Constant Bit Rate (CBR) | |
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| Variable Bit Rate (VBR) | |
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| 1-Pass and 2-Pass Encoding | |
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| Key Frames | |
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| Frame Dropping | |
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| Bandwidth Scalability | |
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| A Brief History of Internet Codecs | |
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| Early 1980s: DAT and CD Audio | |
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| 1984: Macintosh Audio | |
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| Mid-1980s: GIF | |
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| Mid-1980s: Amiga MOD and MIDI | |
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| Late 1980s: Videoconferencing and H.261 | |
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| Early 1990s: JPEG | |
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| Early 1990s: QuickTime | |
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| Early 1990s: Cinepak | |
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| 1991: MPEG-1 | |
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| 1995: H.263 and MPEG-2 | |
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| 1996: Sorenson | |
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| 1996 to the Present: MP3 | |
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| 1997 to the Present: Commercial Efforts | |
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| 1997 to the Present: Macromedia Flash | |
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| 1998: Quake | |
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| 2000: Scalable Codecs | |
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| Present: MPEG-4 | |
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| Video Compression: Under the Hood | |
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| Spatial Compression: JPEG | |
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| Step 1: Color Space Transform | |
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| Step 2: Downsampling | |
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| Step 3: Frequency Transform | |
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| Step 4: Quantization | |
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| Step 5: Output | |
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| Temporal Compression: MPEG | |
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| Recommending a Codec for Your Content | |
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| Summary | |
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| Video Storage File Formats | |
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| An Ideal File Format for Video Storage | |
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| Requirements of Internet Video File Formats | |
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| Store Compressed Audio/Video | |
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| Efficient Playback | |
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| Efficient Scrubbing | |
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| Efficient Seeking | |
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| Defining Codecs | |
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| Other Header Information: Metadata | |
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| Non-Video Content | |
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| Multiple Bit Rates | |
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| Protecting Files Against Unauthorized Use | |
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| Video Editing | |
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| Checking File Integrity | |
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| Packetization | |
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| Common Internet File Formats | |
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| Internet Video Container File Formats | |
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| Simple Raw or Stream Video Formats | |
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| Internet Playlist, Index, and Scripting Formats | |
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| File Formats Versus Codecs: How Do I Play Back an AVI? A Brief History of File Formats | |
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| Apples QuickTime: MOV Files (.MOV) | |
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| Audio-Video Interleaved: AVI Files (.AVI) | |
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| MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 (.MPG, .MPEG, .DAT, and .VOB) | |
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| Progressive Networks: Real Audio and RealVideo (.RA, .RM, and .RAM) | |
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| Advanced Streaming Format and Windows Media Format (.WMV, .WMA, .WMX, .ASF) | |
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| DivX: A De Facto Standard | |
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| Shockwave/Flash (.SWF, .FLA, .FLV) | |
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| Simple Multimedia Integration Language: SMIL (.SML, .SMIL) | |
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| MPEG-4 (.MPG, .MP4) | |
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| Common Fe | |