General Description
For broadcasters, web developers, project managers implementing streaming
media systems, David Austerberry shows how to deploy the technology on your
site, from video and audio capture through to the consumer's media
player.
The book first deals with Internet basics and gives a thorough coverage of
telecommunications networks and the last mile to the home. Video and audio
formats are covered, as well as compression standards including Windows Media
and MPEG-4. The book then guides you through the streaming process, showing
in-depth how to encode audio and video. The deployment of media servers, live
webcasting and how the stream is displayed by the consumer's media player are
also covered.