• Create, encode, and serve professional-quality streaming media
• Master Real Video and Audio, Windows Media, and Apple QuickTime
• Optimize your streaming media architecture for blazing performance

If the streaming media pros can do it, you can do it too...

Streaming media can provide compelling live and on-demand content for Web sites of all types and sizes. This definitive guide tells you everything you need to know to produce professional-quality streaming media for the Internet, from an overview of the available systems and tools to high-end techniques for top-quality results. Guest tutorials from industry experts provide real-world perspective, while detailed case studies show you how it all comes together.

Inside, you'll find complete coverage of streaming media

• Learn what streaming media tools are available for consumers and business users
• Assemble the best system hardware for your streaming media needs
• Capture, create, and encode source media files of all kinds
• Master advanced performance optimization techniques
• Get detailed instructions for setting up live broadcasts
• Go beyond audio and video to stream animations, text, images, and other data types
• Find out what's involved in setting up a streaming server
• Insert advertising to turn your streams into revenue-generators

Software on CD-ROM

• Demo versions of Video Factory™, Batch Converter™, and Sound Forge® XP Studio
• Trial version of Peak VST
• BBEdit and BBEdit Lite
• UltraEdit-32
• Sample media files