06EC758 Video Engineering syllabus for EC


Part A
Unit-1 TV Fundamentals 6 hours

Block schematic of TV systems, picture characteristics, luminous signal, bandwidth calculation, chromatic signal, composite video signal.

Unit-2 NTSC, PAL and SECAM Overview 6 hours

NTSC overview, luminous information, color information, color modulation, composite video generation, color sub-carrier frequency, NTSC standards, RF modulation, stereo audio. PAL overview, luminance information, color information, color modulation, composite video generation, PAL standards, RF modulation, stero audio (analog). SECAM overview, luminance information, color information, color modulation, composite video generation, SECAM standards, Tele text, Enhanced TV programming.

Unit-3 NTSC and PAL digital encoding – decoding 10 hours

NTSC & PAL encoding, luminance, Y processing, color difference processing, C modulation, analog C generation, analog composite video, clear encoding, NTSC & PAL decoding.

Unit-4 Video conferencing standards 6 hours

(H.261 & H.263) - H.261, video coding layers, DCT, IDCT, video bit stream, block layer, still image transmission, H.263, video coding layer, GOB layer, MB layer, optional H.263 modes.

Part B
Unit-5 & 6 MPEG 1, 2, 4 and H.261 MPEG 2 15 hours

MPEG 1, 2, 4 and H.261: Introduction, MPEG vs JPEG, Quality issues, audio overview, video coding layer, I P B, D frames, video bit stream, video decoding, real world issues. MPEG 2: Introduction, audio overview, video overview, video coding layer, enhances TV programming, IPMP. MPEG 4 over MPEG 2, H.264 over MPEG 2, SMPTEVC-9 over MPEG 2, Data broad casting, decoder consideration. MPEG 4 & H.264: Introduction, audio overview, visual overview, Graphic overview, visual layer, object description frame work, scene description, syndronigation of elementary streams, multiplexing, IPMP, MPEG 4 part 10 (H.264) video.

Unit-7 & 8 Digital video interfaces Digital video processing IPTV 9 hours

Digital video interfaces: Pre video component interfaces, consumer component interfaces, consumer transport interfaces. Digital video processing: Rounding considerations, SDTV – ADTV Yeber transforms, 4:4:4 to 4:2:2 Yeber conversion, display enhancement, video mixing and graphic overlay. IPTV: Consideration, multicasting, RTS based solutions, ISMA, Broadcast over IP, DRM.

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2023