Streaming Media Demystified

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* New Standards, Schemes, Protocols* Implementation Musts * MPEG-4, MPEG-7 With uncommon skill, Michael Topic's excellent guide takes you inside today's essential killer app. More than just an implementation guide-though it certainly is that, packed with needed data on the latest formats and standards-Streaming Media Demystified offers a complete picture of the application that will soon threaten television's dominance as the primary transmitter of video. YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK IF- * You want to be on top of the critical application that brings seamless interactive video and audio to the Internet * Glitchless, seamless, and almost effortless streaming media over both wire and wireless 3G sounds good to you * You're an executive at any firm with a stake in the Web or in broadcasting * You wish to know everything about the application that will drive the success or failure of broadband * You want to master the compression techniques and IP trafficking methods that make streaming media go * You need a ready source of data on formats, technologies, and how to make them work * You'd like to preview the impact of an application expected to be used by 75% of broadcasting and e-commerce firms by 2003 * You invest money or time in any firm involved with communications, entertainment, or digital technology * You want a thoughtful, expert analysis of markets, audiences, appliances-who they are, what they will watch, and what they'll watch it on * You're ceaselessly curious about hot applications in the digital revolution In Streaming Media Demystified you find: * Content delivery techniques * Interactive multimedia * Video and audio compression * MPEG-4 * Metadata and MPEG-7 * Digital rights management and MPEG-21 With future potential bigger than television, streaming video over the Internet is the essential application for broadband and 3G. This book takes you inside a billion-dollar technology.