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With so many technology options available for delivering media over the Web, it can be a challenging process to try to select the appropriate format for your multimedia web pages. This chapter attempts to point you in the right direction and provides you with a thumbnail view of the many options available. It's time now to take an in-depth look at the most popular audio solutions available on the Web. We will begin with RealAudio.
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About the Author Josh Beggs is co-founder and president of
Raspberry Media, a Design Firm in the San Francisco Bay Area specializing in
Web-smart architecture, interface design, and brand development for Internet
start-ups. Josh began his career in the multimedia industry as a recording
engineer and sound designer. In 1995 he produced the interactive soundtrack for
EMI Records flagship CD-ROM, Queensr˙che's Promised Land. After receiving
impressive reviews from Billboard Magazine (March 1996) for the soundtrack, Josh
went on to explore interactive media design with Raspberry Media. In addition to
designing some of the top Web sites on the Internet, he also follows his musical
passions as a pianist and recording artist.
Dylan Thede's multimedia experience began
in the cultural mecca of the San Francisco Bay Area in 1985. At a young age, he
was designing sound systems and multimedia presentations for the University of
California at Berkeley. At the University of California at Santa Cruz, Dylan
became a pioneer in the emerging fields of Digital Audio, Digital Video, and
Multimedia and later graduated with a degree in Multimedia and Psychology. He
was one of the pioneers in web design when the World Wide Web burst onto the
scene in 1994. In 1995, Dylan founded AudioVisualize, a multimedia consulting
company that caters to companies who wish to implement multimedia into their web
sites and corporate operations. Besides writing and creating multimedia
projects, he is also a musician and is currently composing and recording music
for an upcoming multimedia CD release.
Josh Beggs & Dylan Thede
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