Customer Reviews

Core Java Media Framework

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I got this book thinking that it would give me an in-depth analysis of RTP and real-time streaming over the Internet. There is only one chapter (ch. 19) devoted to this subject, and believe me, it will not leave you satisfied.

The reason I give 3 stars to the book is because it's not bad all together. In other words, it gives bits and pieces and explains what works with what, but just when you are ready for more, the chapter ends and you feel like somebody just took food out of your mouth, just when you were enjoying it and ready to swallow.

Also if you want JMF 2.0 stuff save yourself some money because the book covers only JMF 1.1

I am a graduate student in computer science major. I have to say that's the worst book I had read. First, this book does not provide the complete clear explanation for some concepts. It just intruduces something, but never go to detail. Second, so many mistakes coming out this books, I am wondering how could this book coming out for the market? Third, the source code does not work at all. There are so many bugs in it, and code provided has some key mistakes! As a student, I bought this book for my research project and I was very disappointed!! I suggested if you want to buy some books about JMF, please do check first! JMF reference guide from sun is a nice reference. Good luck!

I am a graduate student in computer science major. I bought this book one month ago and I tried to run several source code provided by this book, surprisingly I found none of them works!!! I had debug so many bugs...and find those codes are just WRONG!! I never could believe this book could coming out on the market!! The author is not responaible for readers!! Please do check the book before you buy it!! Don't waste your momney!

Well I bought this book thinking I would be able to do some serious JMF programming but was displeased. I found this book give just an overview and does not go deep enough. My suggestion is not to buy this book. It is not at all in league with other Core Java Books.

Here is a book that doesn't just rehash APIs or what is available in the standard docs. In the spririt of Geary's JFC books, this book gets right inside the subject matter and puts it in a real-world context. i.e. if you are doing abc, then you need to be aware of xyz and 123 as well as whatever the right series of APIs are to call.

It is accomplished writing with good and frequent use of diagrams and graphics to help explain the material presented.

Finally, the many core tips provided show just how useful this book is and insightful and experienced the author is.

The excessive bolding, used for code, can make for some visual distraction, but this also shows the amount of reference to to the real thing in the text itself.

Yeah, I really liked this one!