Andy Beach was a video geek who got into this business after starting in the postproduction world. He quickly realized that making video look good was hard and was worth spending time to learn to do better and to pass that knowledge on to others. His career took him to the startup world, where he built encoders and live streaming tools for a living, and eventually to his role at Microsoft, where he works with a large-scale commercial media infrastructure.

Aaron Owen got his start in live television and then continued his career in commercial postproduction, playing a key role in transforming Phoenix Editorial (now Bonfire Labs) from a three-suite boutique editorial companyinto a full-fledged facility. Leveraging his vast advertising and high-end corporate experience, he founded Cinematiq in 2012 with the goal of bringing high-end postproduction techniques to filmmakers everywhere.

Chapter One: Understanding Video and Audio

Chapter Two: The Language of Compression

Chapter Three: Best Practices

Chapter Four: Preprocessing

Chapter Five: Compression Tools

Chapter Six: Compressing for DVDs

Chapter Seven: Compressing for the Web

Chapter Eight: Compressing for Mobile

Chapter Nine: Compressing for Set-Top Boxes

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