Digital Video as Technical Medium

In this lesson: Resolution, encoding, aspect ratio, frame rates, scaling, compression

 

Dr. Laila Shereen Sakr

 

CODEC

Encoding 101

FORMAT

CODEC

Encoding 101

FORMAT

CODEC

Containers

Compression

Encoding 101

FORMAT

CODEC

How the file is algorithmically compressed

Encoding 101

FORMAT

CODEC

How the file is algorithmically compressed

Encoding 101

Containers - The file that is output after compression

FORMAT

CODEC

H.264

JPEG

VP2

VP3

Encoding 101

.mov

.mp3

.mp4

.swf

 

Aspect ratio

Frame rates

Bit Rates

4K is by far more commonly used, but you’ll also find people calling it Ultra HD, or UHD. For the average consumer buying a TV, these are one and the same. But there is technically a difference.

 

In its correct usage, the term 4K refers to a resolution of 4096 x 2160, which was first introduced in digital cinemas. Meanwhile, UHD is used to describe the UHD refers to a resolution of 3840 x 2160, which is what you get on the 16:9 ratio TVs you actually take home.

 

So basically, 4K is the wrong term for 3840 x 2160 displays and content, but it’s a mistake so common that there is no functional difference anymore. For most people, the two terms are interchangeable.

4K, 8K, UHD

Paper Prototyping

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Digital video as technical medium FMS104

By VJ Um Amel

Digital video as technical medium FMS104

Lecture 2: Resolution, encoding, aspect ratio, frame rates, scaling, compression

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