DVD Demystified Third Edition
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.47 (755 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0071423966 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 700 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Chuck lives in Washington, DC. (TPS), and Heritage Series, LLC, both production companies specializing in traditional and interactive video production and title development. Jim Taylor lives on an island near Seattle, Washington. He has been awarded three national EMMY awards for technical and directorial expertise and numerous other broadcast and DVD industry awards for his production
This book is a MUST read if You're in the audio/video or entertainment business You're a multimedia developer You work with educational technology or industrial training You're an IT professional or technology consultant You're a filmmaker or a musician You cover cutting-edge technology as a journalist or analyst You can't afford thousands of dollars for the standards and specifications books You read the standards and specifications books but didn’t understand them You're a technovideoaudiophile You want to be in the know, up to speed, and on the lead
Since then, Jim Taylor has become DVD’s most visible guru, now President of the DVD Association, author of the internet DVD FAQ, and profiled by E!Online and DVD Report. Demystifying not only basic technology issues but detailing production and authoring processes, making sense out of the plethora of battling video, audio, and data formats, and clearly explaining how DVD standards and specs dovetail or clash with related digital media standards, this book has not only become DVD’s standard reference, but also required reading for DVD enthusiasts who wanting to peer behind the scenes and figure out how to get the most from their technology. In August 2002 the New York Times dubbed DVD “the most successful home entertainment device in history…a true pop-culture phen
Not technical enough mostly fluff I bought this book because it got high ratings along with promising reviews here on Amazon and because of what was "promised" on the back-cover of the book; namely the following two bullet-point statements:"This book is a MUST read if * You can't afford thousands of dollars for the standards and specifications books * You read the standards and specifications books but didn't understand them"My search on the interwebs brought me to this book. I was searching for info on detailed description of file structures present on DVD media (chiefly IFO files but also VOB files). There is some . Everything I need to know about DVD's Dr. D. Bought the 2nd edition about 1 year ago and immediately bought the 3rd edition when it came out. I find everything I need to know about DVD's. The included DVD has some helpful audio and video tests.Highly recommend this book for anyone who want's to understand the technologies behind DVD's.. "Good but could be thinner" according to love ac/dc. This book is a bit too wordy.The material could be put in a book half its thickness. At times I catch myself drifting from the main subject, since the author seems trying to impress the reader with his writing. I really like the material that is presented in the book; it gives the reader a great deal of information about the technology.