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About the Book

Streaming technology allows users to begin playing media clips immediately, even as it is still downloading, allowing an audience to witness an event in real time and allowing high-quality video to be viewed over the internet. This volume provides a guide to the streaming of video over the internet, covering such topics as: internet protocols for delivering streaming media; audio and video compression schemes; MPEG-4 and MPEG-7; digital-rights management; and metadata. This book should be of interest to multimedia and website developers; broadband ISPs and wireless carriers; content creators; and broadcasters.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1:
Introduction Chapter 2:
The Medium 2.1 What is Streaming Media? 2.2 How Does Streaming Media Work? 2.3 Why Was Streaming Media Invented? 2.4 Why is Streaming Media Better? 2.5 Who is Driving Streaming Media's Innovations? 2.6 What's Wrong with Streaming Media? 2.7 When Will Streaming Media Be Ready for Prime Time? Chapter 3:
The Audience 3.1 Who Will Watch? 3.2 How Will We Watch Streaming Media? 3.4 When Will We Watch? 3.5 Why Watch Streaming Media? 3.6 What Will We Watch? Chapter 4:
The Business 4.1 How Will Anyone Make Money With Streaming Media? 4.2 Who Will Make Money? 4.3 When Will Streaming Media Make Money? 4.4 Why Will Streaming Media Make Money? Chapter 5:
Upsides - Downsides 5.1 How Significant is Streaming Media? 5.2 What Could Go Wrong? Conclusion Appendix A: MPEG-4 Profiles Visual Profiles Audio Profiles Graphics Profiles Scene Graph Profiles Appendix B: MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 Coding Compared Appendix C: Audio and Video Sweetening Techniques Audio Sweetening Video Sweetening Appendix D: Real World Streaming Media Encoding Encoding Machines Software-Based Encoding Tools Encoding Labs Precompression Signal Conditioners Video Capture Cards Appendix E: Video and Audio Compression Introduction Transform Coding The JPEG Standard The MPEG Standard How MPEG-2 Was Tuned for High Quality of Experience MPEG-4 Video Compression Concatenation Digital Audio Data Compression References Glossary Sources Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Michael Topic (Guildford, UK) is CEO of Imaginative Engineering Ltd., a developer of streaming media encoders and provider of digital media consulting services. He has previously served as an engineering manager at Tektronix UK and is the author of Streaming Media Demystified.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780071388771
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
  • Publisher Imprint: McGraw-Hill Professional
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 525
  • Spine Width: 36 mm
  • Width: 180 mm
  • ISBN-10: 007138877X
  • Publisher Date: 16 Jul 2002
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 873 gr


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