Windows Media 9 Series by Example

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 382 pages
• Published by: CMP Books September 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1578202043
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1578202041
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 1.8 pounds

Product Description
Videographers can harness the potential that WM9 offers to deliver high-quality video and multimedia via DVD and over the Internet. Illustrated examples and tutorials demonstrate the basic functionality of WM9 as well as the options available to advanced users who wish to design new applications with the software development kit. Professional videographers will find this book to be a practical way to learn how to set up players, encoders, and servers and how to capture and compress video so they can use WM9 with the applications they use every day, including Powerpoint, Premiere, After Effects, and Avid.

Get insights on how to most effectively set up the Windows Media 9 Series player, encoder, and server, plus tutorials on using established programs and peripheral devices to create, import, and output WM9 files, and much more.

About The Author
Nels Johnson is president of Download Recordings, Inc., a desktop media consulting and production company, and has taught desktop video and multimedia at the University of California and College of Marin. He is the author of How to Digitize Video, Web Developer's Guide to Multimedia and Video, and Web Developer's Guide to Multicasting, as well as a contributing editor and feature writer for DV magazine. Mr. Johnson served on the independent team (the San Francisco Canyon Company) that developed the original version of QuickTime for Windows for Apple Computer.

Reader Reviews
If you've been waiting for an all-in-one book that leads you into the new world of Microsoft's Media 9--and all of its features--then Nels Johnson's book is the one for you. Lucidly written, but never dry, the author walks you though all the new features of WM9, including how to use it with Microsoft's improved Movie Maker 2, how to encode your movies (or your songs) for delivery over the Web (as progressive download, for example, a much needed feature in my opinion, as a QuickTime user), or for delivery on CD and DVD and for handheld devices. Numerous examples and suggestions are provided for encoding. Also, I was particularly pleased with the chapter on protecting your movies with Microsoft's Digital Rights Management software. Trying to get the lowdown on this from Microsoft's own site is nightmarish, but the author carefully describes all of the steps involved if you're serious about protecting your digital content. This book belongs on the shelf of any serious digital video producer.