The Streaming Media Handbook - Softcover

Menin, Eyal

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130358134 ISBN 13: 9780130358134

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2002

Synopsis

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About this title

From the Back Cover:

• Practical solutions for webcasts, media-on-demand, and private corporate intranet applications
• Covers streaming infrastructure, production, coding, and delivery
• Presents extensive examples using QuickTime, Windows Media, and Real
• Includes three detailed corporate case studies
• By the producer of webcasts for U2 and The Rolling Stones

The real-world guide to delivering streaming media―no experience needed!

More and more Web sites are discovering the compelling advantages of streaming media. But delivering high-performance, reliable, cost-effective media across the Internet can be extremely challenging?especially for Web professionals who've never done it before. Now, you can master streaming media step by step, with guidance from an expert who has produced webcasts for U2, The Rolling Stones, and dozens of enterprise clients. Eyal Menin covers every facet of streaming video infrastructure, production, coding, and delivery, including:

• Choosing optimal technologies for webcasts, media-on-demand, public Web delivery, and private corporate intranet applications
• Understanding how streaming media works with your network and firewalls
• Configuring encoding workstations and streaming media servers
• Identifying cost-effective content sources
• Troubleshooting performance, reliability, and efficiency
• Streaming media to wireless and mobile devices.
• Marketing your streaming content

The book's many examples encompass all three leading media formats―Real, Windows Media, and QuickTime. Also included: practical guidance on measuring the success of your streaming media initiative, plus three detailed corporate case studies.

Synopsis:

An increasingly wide range of Web sites are discovering the compelling advantages of streaming media. But delivering high-performance, reliable, cost-effective media across the Internet can be extremely challenging, especially for Web professionals who have never done it before. Now, Eyan Menin -- who has run webcasts for U2, the Rolling Stones, and a wide array of enterprise clients -- walks you through every aspect of streaming media development Menin introduces every key streaming media technology and platform, helping you identify the best tools and technologies for both live webcasts and media-on-demand applications, and solutions for both public Web delivery and private corporate intranets. You'll learn how to configure both encoding workstations and streaming media servers; identify cost-effective sources for content; troubleshoot problems with performance, reliability, and efficiency; even stream media to wireless and mobile devices. The book's many examples encompass all three leading media formats -- Real, Windows Media, and Quicktime.

Also included: detailed corporate examples, practical guidance on marketing your streaming content, and a complete streaming media glossary.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0130358134
• ISBN 13: 9780130358134
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336