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The integration of motion video into computer systems offers many new opportunities for multimedia applications. Unfortunately, it also implies a variety of technical problems still to be overcome. The data rate of a raw video signal in PCM format can be more than 100 Mbit/s. On the other hand, the bandwidth available on computer busses, mass storage devices, and local area networks is typically a lot smaller. For example, Ethernet has a peak rate of 10 Mbit/s, typical hard disks will support a sustained rate up to 10 Mbit/s, a CD-ROM runs at a few Mbit/s, ISDN has a rate of 64 kbit/s. Thus, data compression is a key technology to integrate motion video into computers.
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Girod, B. et al. (1994). Group III Report: Digital Video in Multimedia Systems. In: Encarnação, J.L., Foley, J.D. (eds) Multimedia. Computer Graphics: Systems and Applications. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85046-2_4
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