Hands-On Guide to Streaming Media, 2nd Edition

Introduction

Hands-On Guide to Streaming Media Basics 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. Above all, the goal of this book is to get you excited about using this ground-breaking technology to broaden the impact of your communications.

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