Video Technology Reference Material

VIDEOCONFERENCING

• IP (Internet Protocal) Video Conferencing
• H.323 - The IP Video Conferencing Standard
• Guide to Video Conferencing - A Place To Start
• ISDN (Digital Telephone Line) Video Conferencing - An international solution

DIGITAL VIDEO

• DTV - The Answers to the 15 Most Asked Questions.
• Video Streaming - an introduction

ANALOG VIDEO STANDARDS

• Why do different analog TV standards exist - a history lesson?
• A Comparison of NTSC, PAL AND SECAM video standards

VIDEO NETWORKING

• Cable TV - A history of the first video network
• ATM: an overview - Enthusiasm for ATM Networking may have lost momentum in recent years however, it remains the first real attempt at unifying voice, video and data into one distributive infrastructure.
• VideoLAN - VLC media player a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, Ogg . . .) as well as DVDs, VCDs and various streaming protocals. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high bandwidth network.

SATELLITE TELEVISION

• FCC Fact Sheet for Over-the-Air Reception Devices Rule - Preemption of Restrictions on Placement of Direct Broadcast Satellite, Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service, and Television Broadcast Antennas
• Satellite Basics - Introduction to Satellite TV