Get streaming! quick steps to delivering audio and video online
Get Streaming with this fun, easy-to-read guide!Streaming your audio and video online is inexpensive, easy, and fun. Get the fast results you need with Get Streaming! - a step-by-step, introductory level book that gets you up and running today. Streaming media technology is growing into an indispens...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier
2004.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627423106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Get Streaming!: Quick Steps to Delivering Audio and Video Online; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Purpose of the Book; Scope of the Book; Who Should Read This Book; Why Learning About Streaming Media Is Important; The "Streamie"; Streaming Media Defined; The Streaming Process; The Streaming Media Landscape; Career Opportunities; Why Use Streaming Media; Layout and Organization of This Book; 1 Get Started; Terms to Know; Fire Drill! And You're the Firefighter; What Is a Media Player?; Prepare to Install a New Media Player; Download and Install a New Player
- Prepare to Download and Install an EncoderPrepare to Encode an Audio and Video File; Put the Newly Encoded Media File on Your Streaming Server; Prepare to Create a Metafile; RealNetworks' RealPlayer/Helix; Prepare to Link to Your Metafile via Your Web Page; Chapter Summary; 2 Get Your Audio and Video Now; Terms to Know; You've Put Out the Fire. Now What?; Time Out! Can't I Just Hire Someone Else to Do This?; Pre-Production Planning; Audio and Video Inputs; Support Equipment; Places to Buy Equipment; Fundamentals of Audio Recording and Video Composition for Streams; Chapter Summary
- 3 Prepare Your Audio and VideoTerms to Know; Coming into the Home Stretch; Streaming Media Players; What Is a "Media Player?"; Choosing the Right Streaming Format: Evaluating Your Audience and Resources; Optimize Your Audio; Optimize Your Video; Choosing the Right Codec; Media Player Behavior and Multiple Bit Rate Encoding; Encoding; Chapter Summary; 4 Broadcast Your Audio and Video; Terms to Know; Showing the World Your Work; Live vs. On-Demand; Get Ready to Serve Your Streams; Operating System and Streaming Server Considerations; Security; File Storage; Bandwidth
- Unicasting and MulticastingBuying a Streaming Server; Technical Support; Advanced Metafiles; Set Up Your Web Page; Upload Your Web Page; Testing; Promote Your Streams; Outsourcing to a Streaming Media Hosting Service; Chapter Summary; 5 Alternative Systems & Advanced Topics; Terms to Know; Taking the Streaming Roads Less Traveled; Before You Veer Off the Main Highway; MPEG: The Most Talked About Alternative to Proprietary Architectures; What is a Standard?; Open Source: An Alternative to Proprietary Systems; Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Streaming; Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
- The PowerPoint AlternativeStreaming Business Opportunities and Models; Calculating a Return on Investment; Chapter Summary; Resources; Glossary; Index
