Audio and Video on the Web
Two days

Overview
This course is aimed at newcomers to audio and video on the web, and also for those with some prior experience of multimedia. The course introduces the concepts of video and audio capturing and editing in Premier 5.1, encoding audio and video in Real Media and Quicktime and integrating streaming media into a web site.

Although some knowledge, or background in multimedia (sound and video production, editing, photography etc) is not strictly necessary for creating audio and video content for the web, it is desirable. We cover the streaming technologies currently in use on the web including Real Media, Quicktime and to a lesser degree, Windows Media.

Delegate Requirements
Basic knowledge of web production Some knowledge, or background in multimedia (sound and video production, editing, photography etc) is desirable but not essential

Hardware Requirements
Multimedia PCs or Macintosh with minimum 300mhz processor and at least 1gb free disk space Premier 5.1 with at least one machine capable of video capture, ie PC with capture card or Macintosh G3 (blue and white) with firewire connectivity A VCR, deck or DV camera connected to the capture computer, configured for capture in Premier 5.1, (firewire connection for Macs) Internet connection ISDN +

Software Requirements
MediaCleaner 4 or 5 (if not RealProducer Plus) RealPlayer 8 QuickTime Player Pro Dreamweaver or FrontPage Internet Explorer v4 or higher and Netscape Navigator v4 or higher

Other Requirements
An FTP program to upload web files to server Permissions to upload

Contents

Streaming media overview

Audience considerations re: bandwidth

Architectures - Real Media Quicktime and Windows media

Streaming Media Basics, Realtime vs progressive

Preparing video and audio material prior to encoding

Capturing and editing in Premiere 5.1

Maximising picture and audio quality in Media Cleaner

Encoding into real media and Quicktime using Media Cleaner 4

Codecs in Quicktime

Quicktime tracks

Integrating streaming media into a web page

Uploading files and folders to a live server

Testing from a server

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