Content Based Video Retrieval in Compressed Domain

Human beings understand their surroundings based on what they see and hear. Banking on what it has already experienced the human brain and system of vision along with auricular skills process the information that they see and hear and interpret meaning. Humans can very easily and effectively incorporate information by audiovisual sensations because we can believe in what is concretely seen and heard and we share our experiences through the same media. Specifically in difficult situations facts are most effectively conveyed by visualization. In order to increase the knowledge of present generation and generations to come; sharing and keeping a note of experiences and knowledge has always been an important aspect. We are now using highly sophisticated means of communication. Television and Internet have played a seminal role in this effective sharing of information. Television has brought access to produced video content to billions of consumers; on the Internet consumers become authors and distribute written documents and pictures as well as sound and video files around the globe. Among others Microsoft founder and Chairman Bill Gates envisions the fusion of Internet and Television to become the next generation video platform