A good book for my class. Easy to teach. It saves my preparing time without reading too much.
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Rating: 3/5
This book is OK. It is a reference book for students. I heard the authors are experts in developing real video systems. But, I couldn't find what I would like to learn from their book.
for whom are studying video as a second ...
Rating: 3/5
The first 9 chapters of the book are too basic for students who want to find a job in video developments. But, it will be easy for some professors to teach a course. The later chapters include some good contents, but they are not really related to the early chapters. The second part of book should be a seperate book -- could be a good one. Also, more video application issues should be discussed -- I mean REAL applications -- since the title of the book is "... communications". It is quite weak in the "communications", e.g. file format, sync.,RTP,...