Multimedia on the Internet

Internet Multimedia Technologies

• Macromedia
  Animation and Multimedia: Shockwave & Flash.
  Download: [ Shockwave Download | Get Shockwave | Web players ]
• Windows Media Technologies, by Microsoft
  Windows Media Audio (WMA) & Video (WMV), Advanced Streaming Format (ASF) and others.
• Electronic Documentation: Acrobat & Portable Document Format (PDF), by Adobe.
• Panoramic Images: iPIX Internet Pictures
  360º images. Originary from Surround Video (by Black Diamond Consulting).
  Download: [ Plugin Download form ]
• Streaming Audio, Video, and Animation: Real ONE, by Real Networks (formerly Progressive Networks - prognet.com)
  RealAudio, RealVideo, and RealFlash.
  Download: [ Real.com free ]
• Interactive and Panoramic Video: QTVR - QuickTime Virtual Reality, by Apple
  Download: [ Apple form ]
• Multiview Interactive Video: SmoothMove, by iMove Inc. (formerly Infinity Picture)
  Multicamera video, Spherical video (360º view), Interactive video.
  Download: [ Plugin Download form ]
• Interactive Music and Sound: Beatnik Audio, by Beatnik, Inc. (formerly Headspace, Inc.)
  Enhanced Audio Solutions. Supports native RMF audio format, MIDI, AIFF, WAV, AU, and interactive MP3.
  Download: [ Beatnik ]
• Interactivity, CBT and Multimedia: Neuron, by SumTotal
  Attention: do not confuse with the site www.neuron.com, which have no relation to SumTotal.
  Download: [ SumTotal ]
• Streaming Video: Vivo Active, by RealNetworks
  Note: No development efforts have been made on VivoActive products from Vivo Software since 1997.
  Download: [ RealNetworks ]
• Streaming MPEG: StreamWorks Player & Server, by Xing Technology Corporation
  Download: [ Xing form ]
• Animation: Liquid Motion, by Microsoft
• 3D: Discreet, by Autodesk

Windows Media (WM) Technologies

• Windows Media Technologies by Microsoft
  Technologies and Tools, Learn about Windows Media, Cool stuff, Headlines.
  WMA/V - Windows Media Audio/Video. Microsoft technologies to stream multimedia content on the Internet or over a local network.
• MSDN Online: Windows Media Developer Center
  Windows Media Encoder SDK and documentation.
• Windows Media Software
  
  • Windows Media Downloads
    Player for Windows, Mac, Solaris, WinCE. Windows Media Encoder, NT Services, Resource Kit, Codecs. Third-Party Tools and Software.
  • Windows Media Audio and Video Production
    Windows Media Encoder 9, Windows Media 8 Encoding Utility, Windows Media 7 Encoder: free download.
    
  • Windows Media On-Demand Producer by Sonic Foundry
    Co-developed by Microsoft and Sonic Foundry, it simplifies the creation of streaming media content, converting easily WAV and AVI files to ASF/WMA formats. Free Download.
  • Windows Media Security Updates
  • Windows Media Components for QuickTime
    With Windows Media Components for QuickTime, by Flip4Mac, you can play Windows Media files (.wma and .wmv) directly in QuickTime Player for Macintosh (Mac OS X) and view Windows Media content on the Internet using a Web browser.
• Solucionando problemas de reprodu��o no Windows Media Player para Windows XP
  KB306317, Microsoft Windows Media Player 8.01, Microsoft Ajuda e Suporte.
• ASF Recorder
  ASFRecorder is a Linux and Windows WindowsMedia streaming client. Open source project at SourceForge under public domain.
• MSN WindowsMedia.com Media Guide

Various References

• ISMA - Internet Media Streaming Media Alliance
  ISMA goal is to accelerate the adoption of open standards for streaming rich media - video, audio, and associated data - over the Internet.
• Streaming Media World By internet.com (smw.internet.com)
  Media Player Reviews & Streaming Video, Audio & MP3 Information.
• SYMM & SMIL - Synchronized MultiMedia
  By Streaming Media World.
  Just SMIL (at SMW)
  SMIL - Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language.
• Learn The Net: Multimedia
  Plugins and Web Radio. By Learn The Net (LTN) site.
  Available in many languages: Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano.
• WebDeveloper: Multimedia
  All about multimedia. By WebDeveloper.com, a internet.com site.
• WDVL: Multimedia for the Web
  At the Web Developer's Virtual Library.
  Presents the various multimedia features available for Web developers: Animation, Gallery, Graphics, Java, Shockwave, Sound, Video, VRML.
• Web Plugins, listing by Design Gráfico Magazine, in Portuguese.
• Tom Hall's page Multimedia on the Web, with links and demos for a variety of Multimedia Resources on the World Wide Web.