Fundamentals of Audio and Video Programming for Games

Peter Turcan, Mike Wasson

372 pages, parution le 18/11/2003

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Résumé

C++ game developers, here's everything you need to deliver ultracool sound, music, cut-scenes, and other special effects to your games! Created by members of the Microsoft Windows Media team, this all-in-one toolkit provides the professional-level instruction, tools, and code to amp up your special-effects programming skills using Microsoft DirectX® 9, Microsoft DirectShow®, and Windows Media® technologies.
You'll learn how to add and layer 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D sound effects; trigger music to changes in the game; capture and edit video; render video cut-scenes to a background surface in a 3-D scene; stream media content during a game; compress files; and more.

The book offers easy-to-follow guidelines and insider tips—and the CD-ROM packs multiple SDKs, sample code, copyright-free music, and loads of reusable special effects direct from Microsoft's own game developers!

Audio
- Getting Started with DirectSound
- Changing the Volume, Panning, and Frequency of Stereo Sound
- Moving Sounds in 3-D Space
- Adding Special Effects and Environmental Reverb to 3-D Sounds
- Understanding Audio Special Effects
- Streaming Sounds into Circular Buffers
- Driving Hardware with Property Sets
- Building an Application with the Concertina Framework
Video
- Introducing DirectShow and Video Rendering
- Taking Video to the Third Dimension
- Customizing Compositors
- MultiMon, ProcAmp, Deinterlacing, and Other Odds and Ends
Production Quality
- Producing Content with Technical Quality Optimizing Quality Throughout Production
- Appendix A: ATL Smart Pointers Appendix B: Multichannel Audio Tool

L'auteur - Peter Turcan

has a Ph.D. in computer science, works for Microsoft as an SDK Writing Manager in the Digital Media Division, and has written commercial computer games that have sold more than 400,000 copies. He has also worked as a computer journalist and had over 100 articles published in national newspapers and magazines. He has a painfully dry sense of humor.

L'auteur - Mike Wasson

also works for Microsoft as a programmer/writer, writing mostly on the DirectShow SDK and specializing in video capture and editing. He is also an avid fan of jazz and Japanese pop music.

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Microsoft Press
Auteur(s)	Peter Turcan, Mike Wasson
Parution	18/11/2003
Nb. de pages	372
Format	18,5 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	830g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780735619456
ISBN13	978-0-7356-1945-6