Dr Ben Shirley's Outputs (3)

Scalable delivery of navigable and ultra-high resolution video (2013)
Book Chapter
Macq, J., Alface, P., Brandenberg, R., Niamut, O., Prins, M., & Verzijp, N. (2013). Scalable delivery of navigable and ultra-high resolution video. In B. Shirley (Ed.), Media Production, Delivery and Interaction for Platform Independent Systems: Format-Agnostic Media (260-297). Wiley

In recent years many developments have addressed the generic objective of delivering audiovisual content based on a single representation made available at the source, and where the network gets the ability to adapt the content on an end user basis.... Read More about Scalable delivery of navigable and ultra-high resolution video.

State-of-the-art and challenges in media production, broadcast and delivery (2013)
Book Chapter

This chapter describes the fundamental technical aspects of current TV production. It provides an overview of the ways in which technical limitations inherent in image capture have become a part of the ‘grammar’ of storytelling. It talks about curren... Read More about State-of-the-art and challenges in media production, broadcast and delivery.

Platform independent audio (2013)
Book Chapter

This chapter defines problem space from an audio perspective reviewing some of the current challenges faced in channel-based audio broadcast. The first section introduces some of the drivers for change in the broadcast environment, followed by explan... Read More about Platform independent audio.