There is a bewildering array of software and hardware designed for preparing video destined for the Web, DVDs, VCDs, and SVCDs. Trevor describes his video hardware, and looks at a few public-domain utilities that can ease the video-editing task.
In this volume of Best of BYTE, we explore the emergence of some heuristic algorithms. Although we have only scratched the surface of this intriguing subject, we hope we've suggested the potential of the synthesis of heuristics and algorithms.