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Title: Streaming Media Bible by Steve Mack ISBN: 0-7645-3650-8 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The ONLY Streaming Media Production Book You Need
Comment: It's rare that any technical book covers a subject really well from beginning to end, in an easy to read manner with real-world examples, but this is exactly what the Streaming Media Bible does.
This no-nonsense approach allows the Streaming Media Bible to make even the most complex digital media technologies easy to understand, and more importantly simple to implement.
Not only does the Streaming Media Bible teach you how to implement technology, but more importantly it gives you some in-sight as to various options you have and what you should think about to find a solution that works best for your needs.
... I highly recommend the Streaming Media Bible for the digital media technical person looking to learn real-world techniques.
Rating: 5
Summary: One Stop Resource on Streaming Media
Comment: Steve Mack's "Streaming Media Bible" is your one-stop resource guide on all things Streaming Media. Whether you are a student or a hobbyist looking to get in on the action or if you are a professional in the field looking for a reference manual, the "Bible" is your one-stop resource guide on all that has to do with Streaming Media.
THE CONTENTS:
Like all other books in the Bible series of books, "Streaming Media Bible" takes you all the way from ground zero/step one assuming no knowledge of the subject to advanced topics, all along building up your skill set. By the end of the book your knowledge and skill of the subject, in this case Streaming Media, is enough to start you off well on your way in the field. Overall, not only is it a great learning tool, but later as you progress in the field it can also be looked back at and referred to as a reference manual.
Here are the topics that Mack addresses:
1.Basics of Audio and Video
2.Tools for Production
3.How to record and edit
4.How to optimize your files
5.How to encode your files for the Internet
6.How to install and administer and maintain a streaming media server
7.Other data formats
8.SMIL
9.Broadcasting Live
THE ANALYSIS:
Overall, this book is your one-stop source for all things dealing with Streaming Media. You get an overview of the basics one video and audio production, an in-depth look at web and streaming media technologies, how to develop your content and how to deliver and maintain your content. The book looks at all aspects of the field. By the time you are done with the book you have a very clear picture on how you can go about developing and delivering your own content. The best thing about the Streaming Media Bible (and most of the books in the Bible series) is that not only is it in-depth, it is STILL very easy to read and follow.
EXTRAS AND GOODIES:
The companion CD contains trial versions and freeware of some cool tools for streaming media including: Video Factory, Batch Converter, Sound Forge, Peak VST, BBEdit, UltraEdit-32 and Adobe Premiere. All in all, not a bad bag of goodies.
THE VERDICT:
Overall, Mack does a fine job of covering the various technologies and issues that deal with streaming media. This book was used as a text for an e-commerce streaming media course I took during the Fall of 2002. Whether you are studying this subject independently, an instructor looking to use this book for your course, a novice looking into the field or even a weathered professional, Mack's "Streaming Media Bible" is a fine choice for your library.
Highest Recommendation
Rating: 5
Summary: To Read This Book is to Understand Streaming
Comment: I teach a course on streaming media and this is the book I recommend to all my students. Why? Because it is the most lucid and comprehensive treatment of the topic I have ever found. Like most, I began my education in network broadcasting on the web. I figured that with the evolving nature of streaming players and encoders and codecs, that the internet was all I'd need to stay on top of things. Well, needless to say, I gathered what can best be described as a "neutron cloud" of information, but no structure to organize my knowledge and give it context. Suffice it to say that this book provides the KNOWLEDGE and the STRUCTURE...the HOWs and the WHYs of streaming media. It's deeply informative, yet easy to read and understand. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to establish themselves in the field of streaming media, or anyone who just wants to produce better online audio or video.
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Title: The Streaming Media Handbook by Eyal Menin, Eyal Menin ISBN: 0130358134 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 17 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Microsoft Windows Media Resource Kit by Bill Tricia/Birney Gill, Microsoft Corporation ISBN: 0735618070 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 26 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Streaming Media Demystified (McGraw-Hill Telecom) by Michael Topic ISBN: 007138877X Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 29 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Technology of Video and Audio Streaming by David Austerberry ISBN: 024051694X Publisher: Focal Press Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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Title: Inside Windows Media by Corp Microsoft, Microsoft Corporation ISBN: 0789722259 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 19 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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