Hands-On Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting: Emerging Media Tools for Business Communication

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.comBy 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

Lionel Felix has spent the better part of the last 12 years working in video post-production and live TV production and enterprise technology management. He has contributed to Gizmodo, CNET and Telematics Journal as well as serving as Editor in Chief for Car Hacks (http://www.carhacks.org), a blog covering the convergence of consumer electronics, navigation, wireless Internet and the common car. At Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment, Lionel served as Director of Technology where he oversaw the management of over 1400 Sony Pictures and Sony Corporation Internet properties including Sony.com and Sonypictures.com. Damien Stolarz is an inventor, writer, and entrepreneur who has spent over half his life making different kinds of computers talk to each other. He is the Chief Technology Officer of StreetDeck (http://www.streetdeck.com), an in-car computing company that delivers digital media entertainment and information into the vehicle. Damien also worked for years developing P2P streaming technology for Robotarmy Corp. and Blue Falcon Networks (Now part of Akimbo.com). Damien has written several books on digital media convergence including Mastering Internet Video (2004) and Car PC Hacks (2005). Damien holds a B.S. in Computer Science/Engineering from UCLA.