The technology of video and audio streaming / David Austerberry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Austerberry, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Streaming technology (Telecommunications).

Web site development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Focal, 2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

* Learn the end-to-end process, starting with capture from a video or audio source through to the consumer's media player* A quick-start quide to streaming media technologies* How to monetize content and protect revenue with digital rights managementFor 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 Int

Contents:

Cover; The Technology of Video and Audio Streaming; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Section 1: Basics; 1. Introduction; 500 years of print development; 100 years of the moving image; The Web meets television; Convergence; What is streaming?; Applications; How this book is organized; Summary; 2. IP networks and telecommunications; Introduction; Network layers; Telecommunications; The local loop; Summary; 3. The World Wide Web; Introduction; www; Web graphics; Proprietary tools; Web servers; Summary; 4. Video formats; Introduction; Scanning; Color space conversion

Digital component codingVideotape formats; Time code; Interconnection standards; High definition; Summary; 5. Video compression; Introduction; Compression basics; Compression algorithms; Discrete cosine transform; Compression codecs; MPEG compression; Proprietary architectures; Summary; 6. Audio compression; Introduction; Analog compression; Digital audio; The ear and psychoacoustics; The human voice; Lossy compression; Codecs; Codec standards; Proprietary codecs; Open-source codecs; Summary; Section 2: Streaming; 7. Introduction to streaming media; Introduction

What are the applications of streaming?The streaming architecture; Bandwidth, bits, and bytes; Proprietary codec architectures; Summary; 8. Video encoding; Introduction; Video capture; Compression; Encoding enhancements; Encoding products; Limits on file sizes; Summary; 9. Audio encoding; Introduction; Audio formats; Capture; Encoding; File formats; Summary; 10. Preprocessing; Introduction; Video processing; Audio; Summary; 11. Stream serving; Introduction; Streaming; Webcasting; On-demand serving; Inserting advertisements; Playlists; Logging and statistics; Proprietary server architectures

Server deploymentSummary; 12. Live webcasting; Introduction; Planning a webcast; Video capture; Graphics; Audio capture; Encoding; Summary; 13. Media players; Introduction; Portals, players, and plug-ins; Digital Rights Management; Summary; Section 3: Associated Technologies and Applications; 14. Rights management; Introduction; The value chain; Digital Rights Management; The rights management parties; System integration; Encryption; Watermarking; Security; XrML; Examples of DRM products; MPEG-4; Summary; 15. Content distribution; Introduction; Content delivery networks; Corporate intranets

Improving the QoSSatellite delivery; Summary; 16. Applications for streaming media; Introduction; Summary; Glossary; Abbreviations; Index

Notes:

Previous ed.: 2002.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786611008680

9781136028748

1136028749

9781281008688

1281008680

9781423708261

1423708261

9780080481319

0080481310

OCLC:

437146321