[M4IF News] FW: Become an MPEG-4 "Expert" in 6 Hours

[Rob Koenen]

A gentle reminder that our series of MPEG-4 interactive web 
Hands-on Talk Shows are about to start.
For the coming show, we have Carsten Herpel and Yuval Fisher, two
renowned experts, to talk about major parts of MPEG-4 Systems.
For those that do not have HTML email, please see 
 <http://www.m4if.org/streaming/index.html>
http://www.m4if.org/streaming/index.html
Best Regards,
Rob
(ps: the logo for M4IF is an interim-one)
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STREAMING TECHNICAL TALK
Hard-Hitting Weekly Lessons in Streaming Technology!
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Become an MPEG-4 "Expert" in Six Hours 
Streaming Media, Inc. and the MPEG-4 Industry Forum* ( M4IF
<http://www.m4if.org> ) together present a special six-episode series
"MPEG-4 Technology and Applications" on streamingmedia.com 's Hands-On talk
show. 
Join M4IF president and ISO MPEG Requirements Group Chair Rob Koenen and
host Bill Bernat, co-author of Streaming Media Research's MPEG-4: The
<http://www.streamingmedia.com/research/mpeg.asp> Impact of the Open
Standard on the Future of Digital Media, along with several of the world 's
leading MPEG-4 experts for an hour each week of technical and practical
intelligence in the key subject areas of MPEG-4 technology.
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All shows will be live at 17:00 UTC/GMT (9:00 AM PST).
They will also be available on-demand.
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January 8
SYSTEMS
Perhaps the least understood part of the standard,systems may be the most
important and is surely the most innovative. Find out what it is and why it
matters.
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January 15
VISUAL
It 's about more - much more - than just interoperable rectangular streaming
video,which itself has landscape-shaking potential.
January 22
AUDIO
With its complexity units and many advanced algorithms it 's not your father
's audio compression.
January 29   
CONFORMANCE & INTEROPERABILITY
The brilliance of MPEG-4 will not be realized without a healthy mixture of
competition and cooperation amongst vendors. (Profiles & Levels included!)
February 5
XMT & AUTHORING
Yes, Virginia, there is a text-based scene description language for MPEG-4
and,yes authoring can be done in tools, too.
February 12   
DRM (IPMP) TODAY & IN THE FUTURE
If you can 't make money what 's the point?Protect your content and manage
your rights.
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* The MPEG-4 Industry Forum is a not-for-profit corporation that seeks "to
further the adoption and widespread use of the MPEG-4 Standard, by
establishing MPEG-4 as an accepted standard among application developers
service providers content creators and end users." M4IF is open to all
parties that support this goal. M4IF carries on activities outside of
ISO/IEC 's scope such as marketing, end-to-end interoperability testing,
educating the market and potential users setting up certification programs
and organizing tutorials and exhibitions. M4IF has over 100 members.
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