The use of the Internet for transmitting multimedia has increased dramatically, and the pioneering folks at the Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA) played a big part in blazing the way. Today, IUMA hosts pages promoting bands from around the world-providing sample music cuts that you can audition at the click of a button. Audio on the Web gives you everything you need to add sound to your own Web pages: file formats, techniques for converting files, and advice for optimizing your files for best Web performance. You'll find the latest innovations, including streaming audio formats and Java. The CD-ROM, worth the price of the book by itself, includes the audio utilities featured in the book, time-saving customized scripts for batch conversions, demo sound clips to compare different audio formats, and more. Everything a webmaster or musician needs to know about adding sound to a Web page Valuable collection of software, clip media, and Web links on the accompanying CD-ROM Authors are renowned experts in the field-in fact, they helped to create the field! Case studies provide real-world examples of audio-enlivened websitesMelcher and Patterson of IUMA (Internet Underground Music Archive) explain how to add sound to Web sites and provide advice on how to optimise files for best performance on the Web."This book guides you through the process of producing sound files and building Web pages that present them for maximum impact."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights ReservedThe use of the Internet for transmitting multimedia has increased dramatically, and the pioneering folks at the Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA) played a big part in blazing the way. Today, IUMA hosts pages promoting bands from around the world-providing sample music cuts that you can audition at the click of a button. Audio on the Web gives you everything you need to add sound to your own Web pages: file formats, techniques for converting files, and advice for optimizing your files for best Web performance. You'll find the latest innovations, including streaming audio formats and Java. The CD-ROM, worth the price of the book by itself, includes the audio utilities featured in the book, time-saving customized scripts for batch conversions, demo sound clips to compare different audio formats, and more.
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