This book focuses on the media playback portion of the Java media framework (JMF), the Java media player API, and how to use it in real-world scenarios. The author, who holds three multimedia patents, clarifies confusing areas in Sun's documentation, evaluates JMF's strengths and weaknesses, and offers advice on how to work around bugs. The CD-ROM contains source code and RealPlayer G2. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
LINDEN DECARMO is Senior Software Engineer at Netspeak Corporation where he is responsible for developing next generation Voice over the Internet Protocol call agent software. He was previously a staff Software Engineer at Oak Technology where he was the lead developer for DVD navigation and copy protection software. Previous to that he was a staff software engineer at IBM, where he served as team leader in digital audio and MIDI development. He holds three multimedia patents.