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Video Technology - How It All Works
- Streaming Media, Video over IP, IPTV, Codecs, etc
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Joe Follansbee's 'Hands-On
Guide to Windows Media' is a comprehensive and
easy to understand book that explains almost
everything you every wanted to know about Windows
based streaming media. Starting with bottom line
basics, it progresses up the technical ladder to
cover details about DRM, web casting,
troubleshooting asx files, and more. It covers how
to deliver audio and video products and messages in
a way that meets business goals without compromising
quality or breaking budgets. It contains
step-by-step examples and code and provides
real-world case studies and anecdotes.
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"Video Conferencing over IP:
Configure, Secure, and Troubleshoot" - According
to author Michael Gough, "For many years, the
promise of high-quality, low-cost video calling and
videoconferencing has been just out of reach for
individual users and small enterprises. The lack of
affordable Internet bandwidth combined with
primitive hardware usually resulted in disappointing
results. That has changed. The capacity has been
created, the hardware works, and videoconferencing
is within reach. And before you start spending
money, you may discover that you already have almost
everything you need to get started. This book
demystifies the technology behind videoconferencing
and provides single users and small enterprises with
the information they need to deploy
videoconferencing efficiently and cost-effectively."
PRICE: $49.95 |
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Video Over IP by Wes Simpson is an
easy to read book that overs a full range of video
technology, from web and desktop videoconferencing
to professional broadcast quality and high
definition video. The book includes lots of
comparison charts provided to help you understand
the benefits and drawbacks of different technologies
for a variety of practical applications.
Readers who have a background in either video or
networking will benefit from tutorials in both areas
and the breadth of coverage that this book provides.
Perfect for newcomers as well as for video pros who
need to learn how to take advantage of technologies
like MPEG, multicasting, RTP, and streaming
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Intro to IP Television
explains how and why people
and companies are using IP television and Internet
television services. You will discover how global
television services are already available through
the Internet and how you can use standard television
to watch global television channels using analog
television adapter boxes. The fundamentals of how IP
Television works is provided. You will discover how
IP television can be watched on different types of
viewing devices such as standard televisions with
adapters, dedicated IP televisions, multimedia
computers and mobile telephones. IP television
service allows viewers to have more control of
Internet television services.
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Flash Video
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Essential
Silverlight 2 Up-to-Date--New from
O'Reilly
Master Microsoft's New
Cross-Platform Plug-in for
Rich Internet Applications
Now you can design rich
Internet applications (RIAs)
for the Web using
Silverlight 2, Microsoft's
second release of the
Silverlight platform. The
biggest change from
Silverlight 1.0 is the
inclusion of a compact
version of the .NET
Framework, complete with the
.NET Framework 3.0 Common
Language Runtime.
In
Essential Silverlight 2
Up-to-Date (O'Reilly, US
$34.99), author Christian
Wenz shows you how to take
advantage of this new
cross-browser plug-in with
tools for animation, vector
graphics, and video
playback, as well as new
.NET support for web
services, networking, and
LINQ (language integrated
query).
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Flash CS3: The Missing Manual (O'Reilly, US
$34.99)--provides a reader-friendly animation primer and
a guided tour of all the program's tools and
capabilities. Beginners will learn to use the software
in no time, and experienced users will quickly take
their skills to the next level.
"Flash CS3 works much the same way in
its Mac and Windows incarnations except for a few
interface differences and a slight variation in
performance," write authors E. A. Vander Veer and Chris
Grover. "This book's illustrations give Mac and Windows
equal time, alternating by chapter, so you get to see
how all of Flash's features look, no matter what kind of
computer you're running."
The clear, easy-to-understand, hands-on
instructions in "Flash CS3: The Missing Manual" teach
Flash users how to master:
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- Animations basics--what to know
before opening Flash.
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- Creating movement between images
with tools like keyframes and tweening.
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- Adding interactive features like
clickable hotspots.
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- Livening things up with audio and
video.
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- Creating useable and professional
elements and templates, and much, much more!
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Flash Filmmaking 101
Flash
Filmmaking 101 is the ideal guide for traditional
animators, students, and independent Flash animators
interested in making the jump from Web to television and
film. This unique book provides users with a complete
step-by-step process for producing their own one minute
Flash short for television animation and other
media--something no other Flash book on the market does.
Users will get ready to conquer the skills that they
need to take their Flash project from concept to
completion. The accompanying CD-ROM includes complete
source files for the projects in the book. |
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Flash 8 Recipes
From the Experts
"Flash 8
Cookbook"--O'Reilly's Latest Release
"I wrote this book
for anyone who wants to learn solutions to
specific tasks using Flash," states Joey Lott. "
Whether you're a Flash beginner or
a Flash expert,
this book is designed to help you with answers
to real-world problems."
This is a
practical nuts-and-bolts toolkit with ready-made
answers to common Flash development questions.
With 280 standalone recipes, this handy resource
guide follows O'Reilly's popular
Problem/Solution/Discussion Cookbook
format--including brief explanations of how and
why the solutions work.
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Flash 8:
Projects for Learning Animation and
Interactivity"
(O'Reilly, US $34.99) provides graphically
appealing, hands-on examples that teach by
illustration, not with text-heavy description.
Each project in the book grounds you in design
concepts and goals before moving on to
implementation and scripting. With this book,
you will learn to:
-Understand Flash concepts quickly
-Accomplish
tangible goals in creative ways
-Create everything
from simple animations to interactive elements
and
custom web site
interfaces
-Enhance projects
with graphics, sound, and video
-Master animation
techniques such as tweening, morphing, and
dynamic
masking
-Learn
ActionScript to take control of your content
-Develop Flash
content for e-Learning, CD-ROM, and mobile
devices
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Macromedia
Flash 8 On Demand from
QUE provides step-by-step instructions with
accompanying 4-color visuals. You'll learn
how you can easily integrate and add
interactivity with tools, develop content using
pre-built components and effectively improve
authoring capabilities with custom extensions.
The new features
icon used throughout the book highlights what's
new in Macromedia Flash 8 and a troubleshooting
guide is included to help solve your most common
problems. Also, the companion software shows you
how to perform everyday tasks and helps you gain
web authoring experience.
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This is
the bestselling guide to Macromedia Flash, the leading
tool for creating animation and building interactive,
multimedia Web sites, now fully updated and revised to
cover the new release
* Covers everything readers need to know to master the
newest version, including workarounds for hidden bugs
and unpublished tricks and techniques not likely to
appear in other books
* Packed with expert tutorials from the world's leading
Flash gurus, with more coverage on using Flash with
other applications than any other book
* Coauthor Robert Reinhardt is one of a handful of top
stars in the Flash developer community and a regular
speaker at FlashForward, the Macromedia User's
Conference, WebTEK, Macromedia's traveling user
seminars, and major universities |
Home
Theater
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"Secrets of Home Video" - this new book
by TechTV's Mike Wood teaches you everything you need to know about
designing, buying, installing and configuring your home theater system
to get the best possible performance
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Vid Blogs and Pod
Casting
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Podcasting and video blogging are the next wave in
multimedia communication. Podcasting is a fast
rising way to master internet publishing, and when
combined with corporate blogging works to give a
business greater influence within the multimedia
sphere.
Hands-On Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting
is a book every professional in the broadcast and
multimedia sphere should read.
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Secrets of
Videoblogging: Videoblogging for the Masses
- by Michael Verdi, Ryanne Hodson, Diana
Weynand, and Shirley Craig - Price: $24.99
If you just
starting out in video this is the book you
got to read. Very well aid out with easy to
follow directions and lots of charts,
diagrams and illustrations. Best of all, it
shows how you can easily create your own
video blog by using free programs like
Windows MovieMaker and Apple iFilm.
It is filled with
both technical and creative tips, this fun,
fast, full-color guide provides everything
consumers need to get started vlogging.
€ How to find
and keep track of their favorite videoblogs
€ How to
create their own vlog under Windows or Mac
OS X
€ Where to
find free vlog-hosting services
€ Tips on
lighting, shooting, sound, and video
compression for vlogs
€ Where to
download free, legal music for your vlog
€ How to build
an audience with RSS feeds
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Have you yet caught the pod
casting buzz? If you want to learn how to create and
distribute your own podcasts, check out the "Podcasting
Pocket Guide.
Never before has the
term "download this" had more meaning than when
referring to the latest and greatest podcast.
Podcasting, a hybrid term that smashes the
MP3-playing iPod into broadcasting, enables ordinary
people to record podcasts of opinions, news
coverage, editorials, reviews, and features, and
post them on the Web. Podcasting makes broadcasters
of people all around the world by making their
recordedcontent available for anyone with access to
the Internet. With thousands of free podcast
offerings being posted daily, listeners need some
help to sift through all of the "noise."
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