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Paperback
Publisher: Focal Press
Video Over IP gives you everything you need to know to choose from among the many ways of transferring your video over a network. The information is presented in an easy to read format, with comparison charts provided to help you understand the benefits and drawbacks of different technologies for a variety of practical applications. This new edition is expanded to fully cover HD and wireless technologies and new case studies.
Whether your background is video, networking, broadcast, or telecommunications, you will benefit from the breadth of coverage that this book provides. Real-life application examples give readers successful examples of a variety of Video over IP networks that are up and running today.
*This edition is expanded to include HD, Wireless, and IPTV technologies
*Understand video transport over IP networks - learn how to take advantage of technologies like MPEG, multicasting, RTP, and streaming
*Provides clear, easy to comprehend explanations of both video and networking technologies
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| Well written for Beginners |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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If someone wants to get a good introduction of the Video Over IP,
this is the book. It does not overwhelm the readers with
details and at the end of reading this book, a reader
gets a high level understanding of various aspects.
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| Broad Coverage / Introduction |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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A well written book and great introduction into digital/audio broadcast incl. Video Conference and compression techniques (incl. H.264). Level: beginner / intermediate. The writing styled is clear and non-technical readers should understand it quickly.
But what's being technical? Some would argue that understanding the different levels of H.264 is technical (not covered in detail). Or understanding 'calculating network bandwidth' (covered on 2 pages). It's certainly not a book for techies in the field. I would consider a hard-core technical book like 'Peer-to-Peer Video Streaming'.
The only topic that to me was not properly covered is P2P. It was expecting more on this especially since P2P is mentioned on the subtitle. But that's a small detail of an otherwise great book.
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| Easy reading, no beef |
| Customer Rating: 2 out of 5 |
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This is very well written book. For an beginner in the digital video/audio broadcast field like me, the book provides a good overview of the various video and audio standards as used by broadcasters and telecomms and internet service providers. The writing style used is very clear and the diagrams used also support the text.
The downside of the book is that it is not detailed enough me (my background is in computers/telecomms). For example, RTP, the protocol used at the hard of digital media streaming, merits only three pages. I have the impression that the book's audience is too broad - the book attempts to address users, broadcasters, and telecomms engineers. There is no detailed explanation of how the networking protocols work. The video/audio protocols are explained in some detail, but in the case of the network protocol already mentioned, RTP, no details are given, and no reference for further study is given.
In summary, the book is good as an easy introductory read, computer professionals especially will be want to look elswewhere.
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| Fancy the title Media "Technologist"? Read this Book |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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It is a heavy burden to be considered a "Media Technologist" these days. The blistering pace of change and emerging devices means your reading list never decreases in length. So chose carefully.
Video Over IP, is on the Required List. Simpson gives a Clear and precise description of network distribution and the major protocols. Well written and so logical that it feels seamless in presentation.
So if you want to get in the professional "technology" club ----Get this book! Power Down all of your electronic devices for 6 hours each weekend for 6-8 weeks and READ. Real "Technologists" have little choice.
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