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Hands-On Guide to Flash Video: Web Video and Flash Media Server (Hands-On Guide Series) (Paperback)

by Stefan Richter (Author)
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  • Paperback: 376 pages
  • Publisher: Focal Press (15 Jun 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0240809475
  • ISBN-13: 978-0240809472
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 19 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 83,093 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The Hands-On Guide to Flash Video is a professional reference book written by industry experts that are currently helping professionals produce Web video and implement Flash Media Server. This book covers Flash Video production from soup to nuts, beginning with how to configure your camcorder and ending to advanced server techniques like bandwidth detection and FMS logging and reporting. Real word lessons from case studies of successful Flash Video deployments are also included.

Supplemental files located at: www.flashvideobook.com

By reading this book, you'll learn to:

* Shoot high quality video for streaming
* Choose the best encoder and encoding techniques for producing Flash Video
* Deploy Flash Video via progressive download or via the Flash Media Server.
* Create and light a compression friendly set
* Deinterlace and preprocess your video prior to encoding
* Choose encoding parameters like data rate, resolution and frame rate
* Optimize encoding with Sorenson Squeeze, Flix Pro and the Adobe Flash Video Encoder
* Shoot and produce chromakey video for alpha channel delivery
* Customize a Flash player via skinning, and use Cue Points for navigation
* Setup, install, and maintain Flash Media Server

Key Features Include:

* Advanced Flash Media Server guidance and support
* Tecniques for shooting Web video specifically for Flash streaming
* Author tips from "in the trenches" experiences from two industry experts
* Case studies show you real-world examples of successful Flash video deployment


About the Author

Stefan is a certified Flash Developer who has been involved with Flash Media Server since its very early days. He was the driving force behind Europe's first Flash-centric video hosting provider and now runs one of the largest resources on the subject at Flashcomguru.com. As well as holding the position of VP of Application Development at Dallas-based POPview he handles a variety of projects from his home office in the UK, specializing in Flash Video and Rich Internet Applications for clients that include CNET, USA Network and Unilever. Stefan is the author of a series of Adobe Developer Center articles, has spoken at several industry events and contributes a regular column on Flash Video to Streaming Media Magazine.

Jan has worked in digital video since 1990, joining PC Magazine as a contributing editor in 1996, and EventDV in 1994, and is a frequent contributor to Streaming Media Magazine. Jan has written 12 books on digital video, translated into 7 languages. In 1994, Jan's company, Doceo Publishing, released the Video Compression Sampler, the first comparison of CD-ROM compression technologies. In January, 2006, Jan released two white papers through StreamingMedia.com that rigorously compared the quality and usability of the Windows Media, Real, Apple's H.264 and Flash codecs (Proprietary Codecs, 2006: Choosing and Using the Optimal Video Codec) and solely Flash codecs (Flash Codecs, 2006: Choosing and Using the Optimal Flash Codec). Jan has lectured internationally on streaming media production since 1998.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book to get you started with Flash Video., 1 Mar 2008
By Dave S. (Leeds, UK.) - See all my reviews
Stefan Richter is one of the leading developers in the area of Flash Video.

Flash Video is without doubt set take over the web, simply because of the way it can be integrated with webpage's to create a more dynamic user experience that can also be interacted with, as well as it's ability to be able to perform the functions of a standard web page.

Stefan's book gives a good introduction to Flash Video, starting simply with some of the considerations to be taken into account when preparing your video content, how to compress it and ultimately how to present it along with the various methods of presentation - streaming / progressive etc.

Stefan has devoted 3 chapters to the subject of Flash Media Server including an explanation of how to install and configure the software as well as discussing some of Flash Media Server's more advanced techniques.

Knowledge about this subject is still thin on the ground and this book will give you plenty to go at regarding Flash Video.

Stefan has done a great job, putting a book out that will get people on the first run of the ladder and I highly recommend it.
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3.0 out of 5 stars It might not be as expected, 13 Jul 2007
By LMK (UK) - See all my reviews
The good points.
This book is great for the novice who is looking to record and present media in the Flash format. Or even someone moving from another format to Flash.
Just don't look at this book for being able to help with the setup and configuration of the Flash Media Server.
If this book didn't have "Flash Media Server" in the title it would be so misleading....
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