Inside Windows Media

By Corp Microsoft and Microsoft Windows Media Technologies Tea

Inside Windows Media Technologies provides an end-to-end solution for creating and streaming multimedia content. Each section contains both conceptual information and step-by-step instructions to help... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789722259
• ISBN13: 9780789722256
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Que Publishing
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 0.7" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Not bad

The book is good with explanations and a lot of can/cannot do could be found in it. The theory is explained mostly well but some times it doesn't provide enough examples. Chapter 4 is well written and I could find all the knowledge I needed. If you need to put together Encoder and Streaming server read carefully chapters 3, 4 and 5. If you need to automate Encoders and Streaming servers Than Chapter 9 can help you, with automating streaming servers just if you know C, if you're a VB guy, simply don't waste your time and go to the SDK. Generally, if automation is what you're looking for and you already have the basic knowledge of Streaming over IP than that's not the book for you.

Finally a good book on streaming media

About time! I have been dying to pick up a good up-to-date book on streaming media particularly Windows Media and this is it. A good consise overview of all aspects of streaming media (creating and presenting content and how to serve + some insight on capacity planning.) Although the focus is on Windows Media, there's a lot of good tips to pick up that can be easily applied to the other realms (Real & Quicktime).

At last it all becomes clear.

Goodbye Real. Hello Windows Media. Finally I found the answers to all my technical questions in this extremely well put together book about Microsoft's Windows Media Technologies. As well as all the technical stuff (i.e. what it can and can't do) there's lots of useful realworld applications and fictional case studies. All in all, it's pretty damn inspiring and gives me the confidence to use Windows Media technologies for all our streaming media requirements.I picked this book up at Streaming Media West at the Microsoft stand. Well done and thanks chaps!