Network Video Technology and Applications

Author: Zhan Qinglong
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book is suitable as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in computer science, journalism (online news direction), and related fields in higher education institutions. It can also serve as training material for online video technology training courses, as well as a reference book for website technicians and online video enthusiasts. The book is divided into four parts. Part 1 covers the basics of online video technology, introducing the fundamental characteristics, working methods, and composition of online video systems, as well as the key technologies involved. Part 2 focuses on video streaming media systems, primarily discussing the most popular and highest-version Windows Media System and RealSystem. It emphasizes the setup and management of streaming servers, the production of streaming media, and the installation and use of streaming media players. Part 3 covers online video conferencing systems, mainly introducing the installation, setup, and use of Netmeeting, a built-in tool for Windows operating systems. Part 4 discusses broadband video network access technologies, introducing three relatively mature access network technologies: ISDN, ADSL, and HFC. It also provides a brief overview of other access network technologies such as Ethernet, DDN, FTTX, power networks, LMDS, and satellite.