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Technology of Video and Audio Streaming

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ISBN-10: 0240805801

ISBN-13: 9780240805801

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: David Austerberry

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This text is a practical guide to the complex technologies behind streaming media. It provides an authoritative and robust technical analysis of an end-to-end streaming system as well as information on how to deploy the technology on your site.
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Book details

List price: $77.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 10/13/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 356
Size: 7.48" wide x 9.25" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
Basics
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
IP networks and telecommunications
Introduction
Network layers
Telecommunications
The local loop
Summary
The World Wide Web
Introduction
WWW
Web graphics
Proprietary tools
Web servers
Summary
Video formats
Introduction
Scanning
Color space conversion
Digital component coding
Videotape formats
Time code
Interconnection standards
High definition
Summary
Video compression
Introduction
Compression basics
Compression algorithms
Discrete cosine transform
Compression codecs
MPEG compression
Proprietary architectures
Summary
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
Streaming
Introduction to streaming media
Introduction
What are the applications of streaming?
The streaming architecture
Bandwidth, bits, and bytes
Proprietary codec architectures
Summary
Video encoding
Introduction
Video capture
Compression
Encoding enhancements
Encoding products
Limits on file sizes
Summary
Audio encoding
Introduction
Audio formats
Capture
Encoding
File formats
Summary
Preprocessing
Introduction
Video processing
Audio
Summary
Stream serving
Introduction
Streaming
Webcasting
On-demand serving
Inserting advertisements
Playlists
Logging and statistics
Proprietary server architectures
Server deployment
Summary
Live webcasting
Introduction
Planning a webcast
Video capture
Graphics
Audio capture
Encoding
Summary
Media players
Introduction
Portals, players, and plug-ins
Digital Rights Management
Summary
Associated Technologies and Applications
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
Content distribution
Introduction
Content delivery networks
Corporate intranets
Improving the QoS
Satellite delivery
Summary
Applications for streaming media
Introduction
Summary
Glossary
Abbreviations
Index
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