Chapter 1: The basics of streaming technology

The official SMIL specifiactions
Developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) with numerous resources, links and products. Go

Apple’s SMIL 1.0 implementation
In QuickTime 4.1 contains several proprietary extensions. Go

The RealONE Player
...is the most popular Multimedia Player with SMIL 2.0 support: Go

DataCompression.info
Directory of data compression sites. Go

How File Compression Works
Basic information about lossy and lossless compression, searching for patterns etc. Go

Digital Audio Tutorial
Introduction to digital audio
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modatic.net: My Audio Guides
All about file formats, compression algorithms and software. Go

MP3 Tech:
Source of detailed technical information about audio encoding with MP3 and similar formats. Go

Video Compression Explained:
A good overview... Go

The Ins and Outs of Video Compression
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Shrinking the Video: How Codecs Work
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MPEG Pointers and Resources
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