This focused excerpt on compression technologies for video and audio, culled from The Standard Handbook of Video and Television Engineering, the landmark guide to television engineering, provides a concise overview of need-to-know information - plus extensive references to hundreds of other sources. This is required reading for everyone in the field of video or audio production.

Shows first-time Linux users how to install and use the latest version of the world's most popular Linux distribution, Red Hat Updated to cover the latest features in the Fall 2003 Red Hat release Gives readers the lowdown on navigating the GNOME graphical user interfaces, working with the OpenOffice.org Desktop Productivity Suite, connecting to the Internet with DSL or cable, setting up a firewall, and more, in a friendly, easy-to-understand style Contains new chapters on using the WINE system to execute Windows applications under Linux and creating a streaming audio server-plus new coverage of using Mozilla to access e-mail and configuring virtual private networks Includes the Red Hat Linux Fedora Publisher's Edition on one DVD

From DVD Demystified, a must-read guide by industry insider Jim Taylor, comes this concise, practical excerpt to DVD. Featured topics include laserdisc; videotape; digital videotape; CD-ROM; MiniDisc; digital audio tape; and more. If you want the full picture on this fascinating new technology, start here.

The ultimate guide to selecting, using, and maximizing Windows XP Media Center Edition "X" from the worlds most popular technology magazine Digital lifestyle pioneer and computing and entertainment expert Terry Ulick explains how to experience digital entertainment from anywhere in the room with Media Centers sleek new user interface and a remote control Teaches readers how to integrate Media Center with existing home entertainment components such as surround sound speakers, audio receivers, even the XBox Shows how to mix music, make digital recordings of favorite programs, and even pause live TV Covers the full range of Media Center capabilities, including new extender technologies that enable media center to send music, video, and photos to anywhere in the house

With fiery words of wisdom and a passion for justice, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., inspired people everywhere to perform extraordinary acts of courage and ignited one of the most influential movements of the twentieth century. This is the definitive collection of eleven of his most powerful sermons, from his earliest known audio recording to his last sermon, delivered days before his assassination.

With fiery words of wisdom and a passion for justice, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., inspired people everywhere to perform extraordinary acts of courage and ignited one of the most influential movements of the twentieth century. This is the definitive collection of eleven of his most powerful sermons, from his earliest known audio recording to his last sermon, delivered days before his assassination.

An innovative topics-based language course for undergraduates taking a degree in French. Packed with secondary material, it comprises a course book, teacher's book and three 60-minute audio cassettes.

With the advent of 'multimedia', digital signal processing (DSP) of sound has emerged from the shadow of bandwidth limited speech processing to become a research field of its own. This text examines the subject of the applications of digital signal processing to audio and acoustics.

Not very long ago, there was television, film, video, and other forms of moving imagery. Now, in the Digital Era, all of this is content, a stream of bits providing superior picture and audio quality and options for HDTV, interactivity, e-commerce, and new ways to create and consume the worlds favorite forms of visual entertainment and information. The digital content creation revolution is ushering in an exciting - and a confusing time in TV, motion-picture, and video production.

Dreamweaver is Macromedia's award-winning visual tool for professional Web site design and production. It is used for everything from designing home pages to full-scale commercial Web sites. The product is widely acclaimed as the best, most popular Web authoring tool for professional Web developers and designers. Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Dreamweaver MX in 24 Hours is tailored specifically for the reader selected a sophisticated Web development tool and wants to fully exploit the power of Dreamweaver. The book does not dwell on elementary Web page authoring techniques, but focuses more on intermediate-level Web development topics, such as how to: Quickly build a dynamic Web site. Employ client-side image maps and interactive forms on a site.Set up frames with Dreamweaver's click-and-drag functionality.Add interactivity to HTML pages with CGI scripts, JavaScript, applets, and controls.Add audio, video, and other active content while being able to preview it at design stage.

Fresh from his recent acclaim as a Good Morning America Bookclub choice, Philip R. Craig casts his observant eye on the fine line between tragedy and comedy on Martha's Vineyard. Just look at the Vineyard's criminal du jour, "the Silencer." Loved by many and hated by some, the perp's on a campaign to destroy the audio systems in music-blasting party houses and open-windowed vehicles. Owners of said houses and vehicles feel both fear and hate, while some residents who seek silence silently cheer.