MPEG-4 will transform Internet-based multimedia by delivering breakthrough video and audio quality, flexibility, and control. Now, there's a complete guide to MPEG-4 for everyone who wants to take advantage of it, from Internet media programmers to senior decision-makers. In MPEG-4 Jump-Start, two leaders of the Internet multimedia community introduce every aspect of the MPEG-4 standard: its fundamental concepts, capabilities, applications, requirements, limitations, and more. Walk through everything you need to know to start working with MPEG-4 today, from installing players and finding content, to creating and distributing your own content. Understand the underlying technical capabilities of MPEG-4 from a programmer's perspective, and learn why it represents a breakthrough solution for any networked environment -- Web, satellite, or even wireless.
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The "get started" developer's guide to MPEG-4, the future of Internet and Web multimedia!
MPEG-4 will transform Internet- and Web-based multimedia by enabling breakthrough audio, video, 2D, and 3D capabilities. This book is for every developer and technical decision-maker. In MPEG-4 Jump-Start, two leaders of the Internet multimedia community introduce the MPEG-4 standard: its key concepts, capabilities, applications, requirements, and limitations. Aaron E. Walsh and Mikael Bourges-Sevenier cover what you need to know to start developing MPEG-4 players and content today, including:
- How MPEG-4 builds on the success of the MPEG standards that enabled CDs, DVDs, and MP3
- MPEG-4's underlying technical capabilities and requirements
- 2D/3D scene composition and the MPEG-4 Binary Format for Scenes (BIFS)
- MPEG-4 techniques for facial and body animation
- New compression methods for 3D meshes
- XMT: The XML-based textual format for storing MPEG-4 contents and authoring commands
MPEG-4 offers unprecedented opportunities for delivering media in any networked communications environment—Internet, Web, broadcast, satellite, or even wireless. MPEG-4 Jump-Start gives you specific, insider's techniques for building tomorrow's breakthrough media applications—starting right now.
Every Jump-Start book is:
- AUTHORITATIVE
- written by world-class experts personally involved with the design and development of that technology
- FOCUSED
- providing exactly what you need to know to get started immediately with minimum effort
- PRACTICAL
- teaching you the skills and techniques that you need to develop professional, real-world software applications
About the Author
AARON E. WALSH is Chairman of Mantis Development Corporation, a development firm specializing in advanced multimedia and network technologies. He is Chairman of the Web3D Consortium's Universal Media technical working group, Chairman of the Web3D-MPEG group responsible for the convergence of Web3D and MPEG technology, Co-Chair of the Web3D Intellectual Property Rights group, and Web3D Liaison to MPEG and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Walsh is author of the best-selling Core Web3D, XHTML Example by Example, and Java 3D API Jump-Start.
MIKAEL BOURGES-SEVENIER is Senior Software Engineer for iVAST Inc., a development firm specializing in advanced multimedia technologies. With expertise in 2D, 3D, and multimedia technologies, he is actively involved in several areas of MPEG-4 development. In addition to serving as Co-Chairman of the MPEG-4 Animation Framework Extension (AFX) animation group, Bourges-Sevenier is responsible for the animation system for the MPEG-4 Reference Software Group.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Covers a limited subset of MPEG-4 issues,
By A Customer
This review is from: MPEG-4 Jump-Start (Paperback)
The title and cover text of this book are misleading. Rather than being a general "get started" guide to MPEG-4, it is a detailed treatment of scene composition and animation tools. Important topics such as the Visual and Audio coding tools are hardly mentioned. Based on the book advertising material, I was expecting a much wider treatment of MPEG-4 and I think many developers may be disappointed with the relatively narrow scope of this book.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Worth it at *half* the price! OR not quite a Jump-Start,
By A Customer
This review is from: MPEG-4 Jump-Start (Paperback)
Having done some MPEG-4 development, I was rather disappointed by what passes for a "Jump Start". This was more like a "Popped Clutch" when driving an auto with a manual transmission. The numerous references to the next book (not in print yet) left me fuming mad! Seemed like all of the stuff that's relevant to me (and I think most others) was deferred. I thought that it really lacked a sense of coherence that I would have liked. I can only assume that this is because it is an aggregate work, but not described as such in its packaging. The authors acknowledge 17 people, but don't actually say that they've written significant portions (whole chapters) of the book. That kinda burned me too. I would have expected that from a Sams "MPEG-4 in 21 Days", but not with this one. At least the Sams books that follow that format are better thought out. If they were going to take this approach, I would have preferred that they do the full treatment and get both books as one book for the same price. That way I could ignore half the content and not feel like I was getting ripped. My thoughts on chapters:
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
This is only half the story,
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This review is from: MPEG-4 Jump-Start (Paperback)
Save your time and money. This book is out of date and only contains a portion of the information you seek about MPEG-4. The remainder of the information you're looking for (i.e. Video compression, audio compression) is in "More MPEG-4 Jump-Start" according to this book. The problem with that is the second volume was never published.
According to one of the authors, the publisher (Prentice Hall) took the original text and split it in two. They published the first half and never got around to publishing the second. While some sites, like Amazon, have a listing for it and will take preorders, Prentice Hall has absolutely no reference to it. Both volumes were intended to be released in 2001. That's why I'm not holding my breath. My suggestion is to look for the information you seek in another more current (and complete) text.
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