Multimedia on the PC: A Guide for Information Professionals

by Norman Desmarais

Here is a concise overview of the fast-expanding world of interactive video and sound. It covers all major multimedia platforms - including MPC, CD-I and CDTV - and helps you sort through the dozens of hardware configurations and hundreds of software applications on the market today.
This no-hype guide shows how multimedia technology works ... which products are best for different applications ... and how to create your own audio/video masterpieces. You'll learn all about hardware requirements for popular interfaces; multimedia text creation and formatting; waveform, CD-ROM, and MIDI audio systems; image storage and reproduction techniques; analog pass-through, laser disc, VCR, and Multimedia Windows motion video formats; DVI, JPEG, and MPEG video compression; the multimedia authoring process; multimedia networking and communications; and the future of multimedia technology.
Complete with a bibliography and glossary, this is the pro's guide to multimedia - your invaluable reference for years to come.

155 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994