Multimedia Networking, Interactive Multimedia, General Web Site Design/Development

Web Developer's Guide to Multicasting: Everything You Need to Know to Begin Multicasting Digital Media to the LAN, the WAN and the Internet

Name: Web Developer's Guide to Multicasting: Everything You Need to Know to Begin Multicasting Digital Media to the LAN, the WAN and the Internet
Author: Nelson Johnson
ISBN: 9781576101179

by Nelson Johnson

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Overview

To be a player in the next generation of Internet multimedia publishing, you need to know the latest standards for delivering video and audio on the Web and on the intranet - without clogging up the network. One such standard, multicasting, is revolutionizing the way networked content is served and consumed. Web Developer's Guide to Multicasting shows you how to start multicasting today, using software like Precept's IP/TV, Starlight Networks' StarCast, Microsoft's NetShow, and Apple's QuickTime Conferencing. Regardless of whether you use a PC or a Mac, this book will demonstrate how to set up an ISDN Router for multicast serving and consuming; learn what multicast pioneers are doing today; install and test drive multicast software; create multicast video and audio clips using off-the-rack software editing tools; get connected to the MBone; develop web pages for embedding multicast controls, and find and work with an Internet Service Provider.

Synopsis

Product Description

A book/CD-ROM for those with a background in PC-based multimedia who want to learn to create multicast media. Coverage includes unicast and video conferencing products, basics of multicasting technology, creating and editing content, multicasting on private networks, and the MBone, with a section of interviews with pioneers in the field. Includes b&w photos, step-by-step instructions for technical procedures, case studies, and guidance on how to purchase and install equipment. The CD-ROM contains multicasting software for Windows 95/NT, video clips, and media editing tools. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Review

Web Developer's Guide To Multicasting shows how to start mulicasting using software like Precept's IP/TV, Starlight Networks' StarCast, Microsoft's NetShow, and Apple's QuickTime Conferencing. Regardless of whether using a PC or a MAC, Web Developer's Guide To Multicasting will demonstrate how to set up an ISDN Ruter for multicast serving and consuming, learn what multicast pioneers are doing today, install and test drive multicast software, create multicast video and audio clips using off-the-rack software editing tools, get connected to the MBone!, develop web pages for embedding multicast controls, find and work with an Internet Service Provider. Highly recommended for anyone creating a new website or simply upgrading an existing website. --
Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Nels Johnson (San Francisco, CA) is the author of How to Digitize Video (Wiley) and contributing editor to Digital Video magazine. He teaches desktop video at UC Santa Cruz, and frequently speaks at entertainment and software industry events. Nels also manages the Web site for Download Recordings and is the producer of "Canyon Clipz," the first QuickTime for Windows CD-ROM.