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 14 Most Asked Questions.
• Video Streaming - an introduction
• Video Streaming - Problems and Solutions
• Digital Video Compression Technologies - The Big Three
• Digital Video Content Creation

ANALOG VIDEO STANDARDS

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

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 a highly portable multimedia player, also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high bandwidth network.

• 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
  
  

UNIVERSAL ACCESSABILITY

The primary purpose of this information is to promote accessibility to all users. These websites do not discourage web content developers from using video but rather attempts to explain how to make graphical content more accessible, whatever user agent they use (e.g., desktop browser, voice browser, mobile phone, automobile-based personal computer, etc.) or constraints they may be operating under (e.g., noisy surroundings, under- or over-illuminated rooms, in a hands-free environment, etc.) and will help everyone find information on the Web more quickly.

• W3C.org - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
• Section 508 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act
• WCAG - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview
• ATAG - Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) Overview
• UAAG - User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) Overview