Mark Wilcox's Forum Nokia Blog - New Stuff for Symbian C++ Developers

Promoting the book

P.S. If you think you know lots of people who will want a copy and would like to make a bulk order then let me know and I'll have a word with the folks at Symbian Press - I'm sure they'd let you have a free copy then. I don't get to give them away for free myself :-(

Yes, but not for complete Symbian novices

Hi Kiran,

Yes, there is all the basic multimedia info in there. How to use all the main APIs for audio and video, the camera, image conversion library and even the tuner component (for FM Radio in UIQ phones, but not S60 ones). There's a chapter on best practice too. I tried to make sure there was enough multimedia background info in there too about codecs and formats etc.

The book is not good for people completely new to Symbian on its own though. It assumes you know something about descriptors and having some idea about active objects would be a good idea too (although not essential for most of the content). It doesn't introduce the basic Symbian stuff again. Developers should go for the ASD primer first for that, or maybe the new version of Symbian OS Explained when that comes out.

If you already know Symbian C++ programming but want to know more about multimedia on Symbian OS then you are the ideal target audience for the book.

Hope that helps,
Mark

Congratulations!!!

Hello Mark,

I am glad on reading this blog. One question though; does this book contain all the basic information for novice in Multimedia world? I mean to say that if you are good in other aspects of mobile programming and not good enough in Multimedia part, then is there anything interesting for such group of people in this book?

It would be good if you provide insights before it releases in market.

PS: My holy intention is to promote your book and I should be given a free copy. Just kidding. ;-)

Kiran.