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The Technology of Video and Audio Streaming
Second Edition
The Technology of
Video and Audio
Streaming
Second Edition
David Austerberry
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Austerberry, David.
The technology of video and audio streaming / David Austerberry. – 2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-240-80580-1
1. Streaming technology (munications) 2. Digital video. 3. Sound –
Recording and reproducing – Digital techniques. I. Title.
.A97 2004
¢876 – dc22
2004017485
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