The Bitmovin Video Developer Network
Video compression fundamentals
New to video compression? This is the place to start. From basic image formats, to advanced video CODEC standards, this course will enable you to become a video compression Jedi.
Lesson 1.0 Introduction and Motivation
This course is designed to give you a quick introduction to the Video Developer Network and the motivation behind creating it.
Lesson 1.1 Basic Image Formats
This lesson is about basic image formats. We will review some basic graphics and image representations, then we will move onto bit-grayscale images, 24-bit color images in 8-bit.
Lesson 1.2 Lossless Compression Algorithms
This lesson will cover lossless compression and different encoding and decoding algorithms such as Huffman coding and Arithmetic Coding, with examples of each.
Lesson 1.3 Lossy Compression Algorithms
In this lesson we’ll talk about lossy compression algorithms, and how it yields a much higher compression ratio than lossless compression with the goal of maximizing the compression ratio and minimizing distortion.
Lesson 1.4 Image compression standards
This lesson discusses image compression standards, focusing on the JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) standard of image compression, which has been the industry standard since 1992 and is still actively used and deployed worldwide today.
Lesson 1.5 Basic Video Compression Techniques
This lesson gets into how video encoding really works. We’ll take you through an introduction to video compression and encoding definitions.
Lesson 1.6 Basic Video Coding Standards: H.261
This lesson will cover the video formats supported by H.261. We’ll then get into frame sequencing and Intra-frame (I-frame) and Inter-frame (P-frame) coding which describe how frames in a video are compressed and encoded...
Lesson 1.7 Basic Video Coding Standards: MPEG-1
This lesson will cover MPEG-1, the first standard of the series created by the Motion Pictures Experts Group in 1990 and a review of the others.
Lesson 1.8 Advanced Video Coding Standards: AVC
The focus of this lesson is one of the most commonly used video codecs - the advanced video codec (AVC), the history behind video coding standards and leads into the encoding algorithm behind AVC, frame intra prediction and entropy coding.
Lesson 1.9 High-Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)
The focus of this lesson is one of the most commonly used video codecs - the advanced video codec (AVC), the history behind video coding standards and leads into the encoding algorithm behind AVC, frame intra prediction and entropy coding.
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Our promise to you
We don’t believe in wasting people’s time with unnecessary fluff. For that reason, each course is made up of lessons that are short and to the point, no blabbing or bs included.
Our priority is to enable everyone to level up their skills. So you won’t see any pesky sign-up forms or registration fees. It’s free to use, plain and simple.
Like any good martial arts instructor, the best way to become proficient at something is to build upon a strong foundation. Start your video development learning path off the right way.