HDCBC Lesson 10: An Overview of Video Codecs, Containers and Compression

In this lesson, you will learn all about video codecs, containers, compression and transcoding. We'll cover resolution, what aspect ratios to work with, what frame rates are and how they affect the quality of video. We'll also touch upon color depth, lossy vs. lossless and much more!

0:00 - Intro
1:16 - What are some properties of video?
1:48 - Can I find the size of the video by downloading it?
2:05 - How do we describe video resolution?
3:37 - "Frame Rate"
5:17 - Frame samples at different consecutive seconds
6:12 - Frame size in Bits
8:17 - Relationship between file size and duration
9:08 - Why do we need compression?
11:25 - Video is Compressed at the Source with a Codec
14:17 - What codec does your phone use to compress video?
15:52 - Tool for Analyzing your Video
16:42 - Demo
19:01 - Video Containers
21:46 - Can I use mp4? Can I use h265?
23:16 - Common Codecs with Container and Browser Support
27:15 - Codecs: Algorithms for Compression
28:33 - How do we code our HTML5 Video Element?
30:17 - Video Players
31:43 - What is Video Transcoding?
33:39 - What about Streaming over HTTP?
35:13 - Streaming Examples
36:06 - End

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An Interview with Becky Peltz about Video Codecs, Containers and Compression

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