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Last update: 2009/08/30
The table of contents of this practical guide to convergence
Introduction
The roadmap
Communication Before Digital
Communication and public authorities
Digital communication is good
Compressed digital is better
The first digital wailings
Digital technologies come of age
Electronic computers
Carrying the bits
Telecom bits and computer bits
The faultline
MPEG's first steps
The development of MPEG-1 - Part A
The development of MPEG-1 - Part B
Inside MPEG-1
The achievements of MPEG-1
Conformance
The highs and lows of television
The digital television maze
The development of MPEG-2 - Part A
The development of MPEG-2 - Part B
Inside MPEG-2
The impact of MPEG-2
Beyond MPEG-2 digital audio and video
Protecting content
The need for standards
Patents and standards
The MPEG way of standards making
An MPEG meeting
Life in ISO
Craft, intellect and art
Fixating works
Rights
Computer programming
OS abstraction
Humans interact with machines
Computers create pictures and sound
Internet and World Wide Web
The mermaid of convergence
MPEG's third steps
Inside MPEG-4 - Part A
Inside MPEG-4 - Part B
The impact of MPEG-4
Open Source Software
MPEG and Open Source Software
The communication workflow
A fuller form of communication
Tagging information
MPEG's fourth steps
Inside MPEG-7
The impact of MPEG-7
Bits and bytes
A world of peers
Technology challenging rights
Opening content protection
The world after MP3
Technology, society and law
MPEG's fifth steps
Inside MPEG-21
The Digital Media Project
Inside the IDP
MPEG's sixth step
Shaping MPEG for the new phases
Doing something for my country
The solution to the digital media riddle
End of the MPEG ride?
The future of research
Was it worth doing?
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Acronyms
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