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I was quite surprised when I learned the fact that the MP3 codec is extensively based on the Fourier Transform. I'd like to learn more about these topics in general. When I say more I mean the working principles of these technologies.

For even more clarity, I would prefer something like this video produced by Xiph.org

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Compression codecs and methods are also based extensively in the field of Psychoacoustics. For this, I thoroughly recommend the books available from the Focal Press, such as this one

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If anyone else is interested, Coursera just started a "Fundamentals of Digital Image and Video Processing" in partnership with Northwestern University. From the syllabus, it looks like many relevant topics will be explored.

https://www.coursera.org/course/digital

The course started on March 31, 2014. Here is the general course outline:

  • Introduction, Image and Video Processing vs Image and Video Analysis vs Computer Vision, the electromagnetic spectrum, applications of image and video processing
  • 2D and 3D signals and systems, linear and shift invariant systems (convolution) • 2D and 3D Fourier transform, 2D and 3D discrete-Fourier transform, uniform sampling (rectangular, arbitrary geometry)
  • Motion estimation and its applications
  • Image and video enhancement (e.g., edge detection, noise filtering, histogram equalization, inpainting)
  • Image recovery (restoration, super-resolution)
  • Video recovery (restoration, super-resolution)
  • Lossless compression
  • Image compression techniques and standards

  • Video compression techniques and standards

  • Image and video analysis (e.g., 2D and 3D segmentation, anomaly detection, clustering)

  • Sparsity-based advances in image and video processing
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I'm also looking for a comprehensive resource on video/audio codecs. Wikipedia article Comparison of video codecs is a good start.

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I would recommend Wikipedia. They will have all the information you want, and have links to more information.

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  • This answer is really general and doesn't really help the OP. Could you maybe edit it to make it more specific? Maybe add links to relevant Wikipedia pages.
    – Saaru Lindestøkke
    Commented Apr 7, 2014 at 13:43

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