Adding Streaming Media (Audio and Video) to Your Web Site.
Palomar College. Covers the four basic steps in streaming media production: Creating your digital media; Encoding your media for a streaming server; Mounting the media on a streaming server; and Linking to the media from a web page. |
How to Create Streaming Media.
University of Washington. A brief outline of the key steps required in creating a streaming media project, including: Project Planning; Shooting & Recording; Capturing; Editing & Optimizing; Archiving; Encoding and Delivering. |
Introduction to Streaming Media with RealOne Player.
RealNetworks. A 150+ page detailed manual explaining the techniques for creating streaming content that plays in RealOne Player. Chapters include RealOne Player; Media Production; The Ram File; Clip-Encoded URLs; SMIL Hyperlinks; SMIL Sequences; and SMIL Layout. |
QuickTime Pro Tutorials.
Apple Corporation. Topics include: working with QuickTime track types, creating slideshows with soundtracks, producing podcasts, preparing media for streaming, setting up a live broadcast, and displaying media in Web browsers. |
Streaming Audio Primer.
Deliver Your Media. Covers the 5 basic steps to creating audio files and putting them on your Web site: 1. Setting up recording hardware; 2. Recording the material as a WAV file; 3. Removing Noise and Static (optional); 4. Compressing and Encoding the created WAV file into the MP3 format; and 5. Updating your web page with the new files and appropriate links. |
Streaming Media 101.
Grant MacEwan College. A basic overview of streaming media concepts. Topics include: Digital Content, Delivery Over Computer Networks, Content Encoding, Streaming vs. Downloading, and Streaming Media Formats. |
Streaming Media FAQs.
cable-modem.net. Provides answers to common consumer-oriented question on streaming media, including: What is streaming media?; How do I get streaming media?; What are the most common streaming media players?; What's the difference between streaming media players and technologies?; What is codec?; Why do I have to choose a streaming 'speed?'; What's the difference between a broadcast, a multicast and a cybercast?; and What is 'broadband content'? |
Streaming Media Primer.
Adobe Corporation. Explains the technology of streaming media; resources needed to stream media; producing, outputting and publishing good streaming media. Some emphasis on the Adobe Premiere and After Effects products. |
Streaming Video for the Masses.
Webmonkey. Topics include the Digital Video Revolution; Video Encoding; Pick a Stream, Any Stream; Real-time Streaming; Video Architectures and Codecs; MPEG-4; the Real World and Trade-offs; and Encoding Methods and DVD. |
The Educational Applications of Streaming Audio - Accessible, Do-It-Yourself Multimedia.
Furr, GC. Defines streaming audio, compares it to downloading, describes its use in the classroom and as a component of 'virtual handouts.' |
Tutorials.
Streaming Media World. Provides an introduction to the field of streaming media and a description of its standard tools and terminologies. Covers Apple QuickTime, Real G2 and Windows Media Technologies. Commercial site. |
Understanding Streaming Media.
University of Wisconsin - Madison. A comprehensive tutorial in 9 parts using RealMedia or Flash. Topics include: Introduction to Streaming; How Streaming Works; Types of Content for Streaming; Streaming Technologies; Acquiring and Digitizing Media; Bandwidth Basics; Compressing and Encoding Media; Using Streaming Servers; and Instructional Design Considerations. |
Workshop on Streaming Media.
Drexel University. A four-part tutorial covering: the fundamentals of streaming media; Quicktime; Real Networks and Windows Media. |
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