Chapter 16. Multimedia
Multimedia refers to digital sound and video. The possible uses for sound and video on computers is boundless—from playing CDs and DVDs to communicating over distances with sound and video to providing virtual tours to software that speaks and understands human languages. This is an application area that is growing and changing rapidly. Yesterday something was impossible; today it's feasible.
Sound and video are everywhere. Web excursions frequently encounter sound or video that you want to explore. Although working with multimedia files is much easier than it used to be, both for Windows and Linux, it can still be problematic on occasion. You are more likely to encounter problems in this area than any other.
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