Advanced Digital Video Technology Workshop

Advanced Digital Video Technology Workshop

Advanced Digital Video Technology Workshop is a 5-day digital video training that covers a wide range of topics with the focus on theoretical and practical video technology.

Dive deep into the realm of digital video technology, exploring advanced techniques, tools, and innovations shaping the future of visual media. This workshop is tailored for professionals seeking to elevate their skills in the ever-evolving landscape of digital video.

Explore the intricacies of modern video technologies, from cutting-edge camera techniques to the software and tools that shape the world of visual media. Designed for advanced learners, this workshop offers deep dives, hands-on labs, and expert insights.

Dive deep into the state-of-the-art technologies and methodologies that underpin modern video compression, transport, and storage. This advanced course is tailored for enthusiasts who wish to gain in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in these pivotal domains.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this course, participants will:

• Learn the fundamental principles and technologies underpinning video and Video over IP.
• Recognize the importance of video compression and the roles of different codecs.
• Explain the basics of digital TV, broadcast TV, high-definition TV, IPTV, SDI, and mobile TV
• Set up, manage, and troubleshoot a video system.
• List video compression technologies and procedures
• Compare different MPEG technologies including MPEG-2, MPEG-4/H.264, H.265/HEVC, H.266/VVC and MPEG-DASH
• Familiarize themselves with key protocols, standards, and methods used in transmitting video over IP networks.
• Describe networking concepts and SIP and RTP/RTCP/TCP/UDP/IP fundamentals
• Learn the differences and applications of unicast, multicast, and adaptive bitrate streaming.
• Learn about the video streaming and adaptive bit rate technologies including HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) as an Adaptive Streaming
• Explore different current and future networks used to distribute video
• Evaluate and implement QoS strategies for optimal video transmission.
• Grasp the significance of CDNs in delivering Video over IP content globally.
• Describe the requirements of QoS applied to video
• Discuss security features for transporting Video over IP

Target Audience:

• Video production professionals transitioning to IP-based systems.
• IT and network administrators aiming to specialize in multimedia data transmission.
• OTT platform developers and technicians.
• Broadcasting students or enthusiasts looking to update their technical knowledge.
• Corporate communication professionals managing video conferencing and streaming systems.
• Engineers, technicians, managers, and video system professionals planning, designing and implementing video systems including CCTV, IP cameras, drone video, Video over IP, OTT and IPTV Networks.

Course Content

Basics of Video Technology

• The Evolution of Digital Video
• Digital Video Applications & Technologies
• Television Formats: SD/HD/SHD/4k/8k
• Evolution of Digital Video
• Analog TV broadcasting
• Analog to Digital Transition
• Sampling Luminance and Chrominance
• Overview of Video Interfaces
• The basics: RGB (QXGA), HDMI, UDI, DVI, HDTV (1080i/p, 720p), Composite,
• Component, S-Video, TV-out, CRT
• Interlaced and Progressive Scan
• Basics of video, frame rate, aspect ratio, luminance, chrominance, Encryption and Conditional Access Systems, Storage Systems, Digital Manipulation
• National Television System Committee (NTSC), Phase Alternating Line (PAL), Sequential Couleur Avec Memoire (SECAM), Standard Definition Television (SDTV), Enhanced Definition Television (EDTV) and High-Definition Television (HDTV), UHD 4k and UHD 8k
• Composite Video, VGA, Component Video, S-Video, SDI, 3G-SDI, 10G-SDI, DVI, HDMI, SMPTE 2022 and Display Port, HDV, 50 fps–Based Formats, DVCPRO, DVCPRO HD, 1080pA24 DVCPRO HD, 720p50 DVCPRO HD, IMX, AVC-Intra. AVC-Intra 50, XDCAM, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, 4K Video, and 4K Ultra HD.

Overview of Advanced Video Formats

• High Dynamic Range (HDR)
• 4K, 8K, and beyond
• 360° video and Virtual Reality (VR)
• Comparing video resolutions and formats
• Standard and High-Definition Digital Video
• Enhanced High-Definition Playback
• Transmission, multimedia signal processing, distributed video systems, and visualization.
• Digital Video Broadcast (DVB)
• Content Protection, Security and Copy Management
• Video Multiplexing & Service Information
• SMPTE standards interface data rates: Serial Digital Interface (SDI)
• Key Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) Standards
• Digital Video Interfaces
• Conditional Access (CA)
• Overview of digital video, video compression
• MPEG-4, H.264 standards, MPEG-DASH, H.265/HEVC, Versatile Video Coding (VVC)/H.266, ISO/IEC 23090-3, and MPEG-I Part 3, EVC (Essential Video Coding), LCEVC (Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding)
• Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Video Compression
• Video streaming
• OTT TV
• MPEG-DASH, satellite DMB (S-DMB), terrestrial DMB (T-DMB), DVB, digital video broadcasting-handheld (DVB-H)

Introduction to Video Compression

• Concepts behind compression
• Need for Compression
• Key to Compression
• Video Compression
• MPEG Compression Technologies
• Video compression
• Lossless Codecs
• Lossy Codecs
• MPEG compression
• Spatial (intraframe) compression
• Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT)
• Quantization
• Weighting
• Scanning
• Entropy coding
• Temporal (interframe) compression
• Groups of Pictures (GOP)
• Other Compression Technologies
• Comparing Compression Technologies
• MPEG Compression (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4)
• 4:4:4 vs. 4:2:2
• Spatial and Temporal Compression
• Concepts behind MPEG-2, GOP, MPEG-4 and H.264
• 265: High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)
• 266, ISO/IEC 23090-3, and MPEG-I Part 3: Versatile Video Coding (VVC)
• Uses of video: downloading, streaming, TV, CCTV, conferencing
• Data Rate of Uncompressed Video
• Overview of MPEG-2 PS and TS
• Spatial & Temporal Redundancy
• Fundamentals of Discrete Fourier Cosine Transforms (DCT)
• Group of Pictures (GOP)
• MPEG-4
• 264 AKA MPEG-4 Part 10, or as AVC
• 265/HEVC
• 266/Versatile Video Coding (VVC)/ ISO/IEC 23090-3
• MPEG-I Part 3, EVC (Essential Video Coding)
• LCEVC (Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding)
• Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Video Compression
• MPEG-DASH
• VC1/WMV9
• CCIR 601 used for broadcast stations
• Key requirements for Video over IP transportation
• Technology Licensing Issues

Overview of Video Transport

• Video Transport Applications
• Video Basics
• Video and Audio Compression
• IP Networking Basics
• Packet Transport
• Video Streaming
• Multicasting
• MPGE-2
• MPEG-4/H.264
• HEVC/H.265
• VVC/H.266
• Real-Time Multicasting Protocol (RTMP)
• Adaptive Bitrate Technology
• HTTP/HTTPS progressive streaming
• Streaming vs. progressive download
• HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)
• HDS and Smooth
• Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP Using MPEG-DASH
• OTT System Engineering
• OTT TV Quality Engineering
• Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
• IPTV vs. OTT
• Videoconferencing over IP
• Content and Transport Security
• Video File Transfer
• Network Administration
• Video QoS and QoE

Internet Video and Streaming

• Real-Time Multicasting Protocol (RTMP)
• CDNs (Content Delivery Networks)
• Live Streaming
• HTTP/HTTPS progressive streaming
• Streaming vs. progressive download
• Adaptive Streaming
• HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)
• MPEG-2 Stream Encryption Format for HTTP Live Streaming
• MPEG-DASH

Introduction to Video Surveillance

• Equipment
• Security Cameras
• Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) Systems
• Digital Video Recorders (DVR)
• Traffic Monitoring
• Retention, storage, and preservation
• Security Issues

Introduction to Video over IP

• What is Video over IP?
• Basic video concepts
• Basic IP networking concepts
• Video over IP network architecture

Overview of Video Transport

• Video Transport Technologies
• DOCSIS
• DVB
• DVB-T
• Basics of IPTV
• Internet Video
• Web TV
• IP Video Transport Applications
• Entertainment
• ANSI/SMPTE 125M: Component Video Signal 4:2:2 – Bit-Parallel Digital Interface
• ANSI/SMPTE 170M: Composite Analog Video Signal – NTSC for Studio Applications
• ANSI/SMPTE 259M: 10-Bit 4:2:2 Component and 4fsc NTSC Composite Digital Signals
• ANSI/SMPTE 266M: 4:2:2 Digital Component Systems – Digital Vertical Interval Time Code
• Serial Digital Interface (SDI)
• ANSI/SMPTE 292: 1.5 Gb/s Signal / Data Serial Interface
• SMPTE 2022-5/6
• SMPTE 2022-1/2
• Interactive Video
• Streaming Video

IP Networking Basics

• IP Basics
• Ethernet and IP
• From Video into IP Packets
• Encapsulation
• MPEG Stream Types
• Transport Protocols

IP Packet Transport

• Transport Methods
• Transport Considerations
• Network Impairments
• Internet Transport
• Quality of Service
• Video over IP protocol stack
• RTP, RTCP, mixers and translators, RSVP
• Video Compression
• Building an MPEG Transport Stream
• System Layer: MPEG Stream Types
• Elementary Streams, Packetized Elementary St
• MPEG Containers and Streams
• Program stream (PS)
• Program Stream & Transport Stream Packet Structures

IP Networking Fundamentals for Video Professionals

• Network Overview
• IP Protocol
• Layer Model & OSI Model
• IP Addresses, Datagrams and Packets
• IP Network Equipment
• Routers, Switches and Hubs
• Transport Protocols
• Packet Transport
• Transport Methods
• Considerations
• Multicast (IGMP)
• Unicasting & Multicasting
• Joining and Leaving Multicast

Video Transport over IP

• Basics of IP (Internet Protocol)
• Video over IP basics
• Video into Packets
• RTP Header
• RTCP Packets
• Encapsulating Media Data
• Protocols for Video over IP
• RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol): Used to control multimedia sessions.
• RTP (Real-Time Transport Protocol): Carries media streams in real-time.
• RTCP (Real-Time Control Protocol): Works alongside RTP to provide feedback on QoS (Quality of Service).
• HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) and DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP): Used for adaptive bitrate streaming over HTTP.
• Latency
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• Quality of Experience (QoE)
• Error Handling
• Security
• Encryption
• Multicast and Unicast
• Adaptive Bitrate Streaming
• Infrastructure Considerations
• On-Premises vs. Cloud
• CDNs (Content Delivery Networks)

Traditional MPEG-2 Transport stream (TS)

• PES : Packetized Elementary Stream
• PCR, PTS and DTS
• Timing in the transport stream is based on the 27MHz System Time Clock (STC)
• Decoding Time Stamp (DTS)
• Presentation Time Stamp (PTS)
• Program Clock Reference (PCR)
• Program Association Table (PAT)
• Program MAP Table (PMT)
• Network Information Table (NIT)
• Conditional Access Table (CAT)
• TDT (time and date table)
• Program Map Table (PMT)
• MPEG-4 over IP
• MPEG-4 Part 10, or H.264
• Advanced Video Coding (AVC)
• H.265: High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)
• H.266, ISO/IEC 23090-3, and MPEG-I Part 3: Versatile Video Coding (VVC)

Real-time Professional Broadcast Signals over IP Networks

• SMPTE 2022
• HD-SDI: SMPTE 292M, 1.45 GB/s
• Dual Link: SMPTE 372M, 2.23 GB/s (2 coax connections)
• Single Link 3G SMPTE 424M, 2.97 Gbit/s
• 10 Gb/s Serial Signal/Data Interface or 10G-SDI: ST 435
• Others

Video Streaming

• Basic Concepts
• Real-time content: Webcasts, news bulletins, conferences, training, seminars, collaboration, medical, sports, concerts
• Streaming System Architecture
• Streaming Applications
• Technologies for Streaming
• RTP, RTSP, RTMP, MPEG-TS (unicast and multicast)
• Live and Progressive Video Streaming
• RTMP (and the variants RTMPS, RTMPT, RTMPE, RTMPTE)
• Adaptive bitrate streaming
• Adobe Dynamic Streaming for Flash
• HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS)
• Microsoft Smooth Streaming
• HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)
• MPEG DASH
• Smooth Streaming
• MPEG-TS (unicast and multicast
• ICY (SHOUTcast / Icecast) streams
• Commercial Players
• IP streaming software and hardware

Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP Using MPEG-DASH

• What is Dynamic Adaptive  Streaming over HTTP
• MPEG Dynamic Adaptive Streaming Architecture
• XML Syntax and Semantics
• Profiles
• DASH Metrics
• MPEG-DASH with HLS, HDS and Smooth Streaming

Multicasting in Video Applications

• Basic Concepts
• Applications
• Multicasting System Architecture
• System Impact
• Multicasting
• Multicasting compared to unicasting and broadcasting
• IGMP, DVMRP, PIM

Videoconferencing Over IP

• Basic Conferencing Concepts
• IP Videoconferencing Technologies
• Traditional solutions, Video conferencing over IP, point to point, multipoint, architectures, bridges.
• DRM, Content Ownership, and Content Security
• Acquiring Content
• Rights Management
• Encryption
• Encryption Systems

Concepts behind IPTV (Internet Protocol TV)

• Basic Concepts
• Characteristics of IPTV
• IPTV Delivery Networks
• Technologies for IPTV
• IMS and SIP architecture
• SIP session

Network Analysis & Fault Finding

• Monitoring of a Video Flow
• Basic GOP Structure
• Multicast and IGMP
• Joining Multicast Groups
• Capturing Real-Time Video on IGMP Join/Leave

Video over IP Monitoring & Measurements

• Video over IP Issues
• Delivery methods
• Access and core network technologies
• FTTX, ADSL, VDSL, WiFi, WiMAX, HSPA/HSPA+ and LTE/LTE Advanced/5G
• Bandwidth, delay, jitter, signaling, packet loss
• IP performance and QOS
• IP TOS field, queuing strategies
• FIFO, WFQ, custom, priority, RED. Differentiated services, and Diffserv
• Network Impairments
• Three Principles of Video over IP
• Flow Behavior
• Video over IP Measurements
• MDI – Media Delivery Index
• Determining Loss on a UDP flow
• What is Delay Factor (DF)? Effects of Jitter

Advanced Videography Techniques

• Achieving cinematic depth of field
• Drone Videography & Motion Control
• Post-production Mastery
• Sound Design & Immersive Experiences
• Creating VR & AR Video Experiences
• Future Trends & Wrap-Up
• The Future of Video: AI, Deepfakes, and Beyond
• Distribution & Monetization Strategies
• Streaming platforms and codecs
• Monetizing video content in the digital age
• Protecting content: Watermarks and digital rights management (DRM)
• Hands-on Activity: Experimenting with AI video tools

Hands-on Workshops and Video Analysis & Bandwidth Calculation Labs

• Video Storage Calculator
• CCTV Bandwidth Calculations
• Video Surveillance Bandwidth Requirements – Calculation of Utilization
• 8K Data Rate Calculator
• IP Camera Bandwidth and Storage Calculator
• Live Streaming Bitrate Calculator
• H.264/MJPEG Calculator