Get Streaming!

Introduction

Purpose of the Book

Get Streaming: Quick Steps to Delivering Your Audio and Video Online introduces you to the technology of “streaming,” the process of sending audio and video over computer networks in real time. You will learn all you need to know to put music from your garage band, a recording of your child’s first words, and video of your CEO’s annual pep talk on the Internet or your internal corporate network. The book will teach you the basics of capturing sounds and moving images to a computer hard drive, converting them to files optimized for Internet transmission, and broadcasting them to whoever wants to listen or watch. We’ll also talk about the business of streaming media and some of the opportunities presented by the ...