Contents

• Introduction
• Video Representation and Compression
  • Sampling
  • Image and Video Compression
    • Rate vs. Distortion
  • Single Image Compression
    • JPEG
  • Exploiting Temporal Redundancy
    • ITU-T Recommendations H.261 and H.263
      • H.261
      • H.263
    • MPEG
  • Discussion
  • Summary
• Transferring Video on the Internet
  • Introduction to TCP/IP Networking
    • Link Layer
    • Network Layer
    • Transport Layer
    • Application Layer
    • Bandwidth
    • One-to-many and Many-to-many
  • Multicasting and the MBone
    • Session Management
    • Applications
  • Methods for General Data Transfer
    • File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
    • Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
  • Methods Related to Video Transfer
    • Real-Time Protocol (RTP)
    • CU-SeeMe
  • Summary
• Solutions for Embedding Video in WWW Browsers
  • Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)
  • Browsers and Document Types
  • Spawning External Applications
  • Server Push and Client Pull
  • Animated GIFs
  • Extending Browser Source Code
  • Plug-ins
  • Java Applets
    • What is Java?
    • Java Applets and Security
    • Using Java for Video
  • Discussion
  • Summary
• MPEG Plug-in for Netscape Navigator
  • Netscape Plug-in API
  • Choosing an MPEG Decoder
    • mpeg_play-2.3-patched
    • mpeg2play-1.1b
    • Benchmarks
      • The Testfiles
      • mpeg_play-2.3
      • mpeg2play-1.1b
    • Results
  • Tailoring mpeg_play
    • The Client - Server Approach
      • Interprocess Communication
    • The mpeg_play Library API
    • Avoiding the Pitfalls of Parallel Processing
    • On X11 and Colors
      • MPEG Plug-in and Colormaps
  • Discussion
  • Summary
• Sending Camera Input to a Java Applet
  • Network Communication
  • Video Handling
  • Java Applet Implementation
  • Discussion
  • Summary
• Conclusion
• Introduction to Data Compression
  • Basic Information Theory
  • Compression Algorithms
    • Statistical Coding
      • Huffman Coding
        • Example
      • Arithmetic Coding
        • Example
    • Dictionary Based Coding
      • LZ77
        • Example
      • LZ78
        • Example
• SHHVid Java Applet Source Code
• SHHVid Grabber Source Code
• SHHVid Proxy Source Code
• Recoding MPEG to JPEG and GIF
• Internet Links
• References