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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Streaming Video Production | |
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| Streaming Media Basics | |
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| What Is Streaming Media? | |
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| History of Streaming Media | |
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| Who Should Use Streaming Media? | |
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| Advantages of Using Streaming Media | |
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| Disadvantages of Using Streaming Media | |
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| Leading Technologies in the Market | |
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| Summary | |
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| Networks | |
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| Networks--Basic | |
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| Networks--Advanced | |
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| How Does Streaming Video Work? | |
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| Firewall Issues | |
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| Summary | |
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| Source Material | |
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| Definitions of Video and Audio | |
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| Video Formats | |
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| Audio Formats | |
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| Video Equipment | |
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| Action | |
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| Summary | |
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| Stock Library Media | |
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| When Not to Produce Video | |
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| Legal Aspects of Content Distribution | |
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| Digital Media Formats | |
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| Analog Media Formats | |
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| Summary | |
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| Mobile Networks | |
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| A Wireless World | |
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| How Do Wireless Networks Work? | |
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| WLAN Protocols | |
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| The WAP Consortium | |
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| What Is iMode? | |
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| WAP versus iMode | |
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| Streaming over Wireless Networks | |
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| Wireless Service Providers | |
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| Summary | |
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| Encoding and Streaming Video | |
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| Video Capture | |
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| The Art of Compression | |
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| Compression Tools--Hardware | |
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| Capture Card Comparison | |
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| Compression Tools--Software | |
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| Choosing What Best Fits Your Needs | |
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| Summary | |
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| Encoding Workstation | |
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| Building Your Own Encoding Workstation | |
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| Recommended Components | |
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| Hardware Installation | |
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| System Audio Configuration | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Encoding Process | |
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| Testing Your Encoding Workstation | |
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| Live Webcast or Media On-Demand | |
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| RealSystem Encoding Tools | |
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| QuickTime Encoding Tools | |
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| Windows Media Encoding Tools | |
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| Summary | |
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| Media Servers | |
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| Building Your Own Media Server | |
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| Recommended Components | |
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| Hardware Installation | |
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| Software Installation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Streaming Content | |
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| Unicast versus Multicast | |
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| How Media On-Demand Works | |
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| How to Set up an On-Demand Unicast Stream | |
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| How to Set up a Multicast Stream | |
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| How to Set up a Live Unicast Stream | |
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| How to Set up a Live Multicast Stream | |
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| Creating Broadcast Playlists | |
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| Summary | |
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| Streaming to Mobile Devices | |
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| Concept Planning | |
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| Mobile Devices and the Enterprise | |
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| Streaming to Handheld Devices | |
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| Unicast versus Multicast | |
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| Wireless Streaming Technologies | |
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| PacketVideo | |
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| RealNetworks RealSystem Mobile | |
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| Microsoft Windows Media | |
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| Summary | |
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| Strategies | |
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| Marketing Techniques | |
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| Defining Your Objectives | |
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| Online versus Offline | |
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| Free Online Guides | |
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| Increasing Traffic to Your Site | |
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| The Buzz Word--Online Partnerships | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| How to Measure Success | |
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| Centerseat and Broadband Channels on the Web | |
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| The Fortune 500 Company and Developing a User-Friendly Mediacentric Corporate Web site | |
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| U2 PopMart Tour and the First Internet Press Kit | |
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| Summary | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |