18. Video, Audio, and Other Multimedia

One of the things that has made the Web so popular is the fact that you can add graphics, sound, animations, and movies to your Web pages. While in the past the prohibitive size of such files limited their effectiveness, newer technologies, like streaming audio and video, along with broadband Internet connections have opened the door for multimedia Web pages.

Some of those multimedia Web pages may serve as a base for an audio or video podcast, others may be advertisements or interactive displays. Still other Web pages may take advantage of occasional multimedia files in order to provide a richer experience to their visitors. This chapter will show you how to add multimedia to your Web pages for all these ...

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