Content-Based Audio Classification and Retrieval for Audiovisual Data Parsing provides a comprehensive overview of the analysis of audio and video content. The book extensively covers the segmentation, indexing, and retrieval of audiovisual data based on multimodal media content. A particular focus is placed on the management of audio data, considering both common audio types such as speech and music, as well as hybrid sound types that combine multiple audio elements. The authors emphasize the semantic identification and classification of environmental sounds and present a new generic audio retrieval system that builds on existing audio archiving schemes. In addition to theoretical analyses, practical implementation issues are also addressed, and the evolving MPEG-7 standards are examined in detail. This specialized book is aimed particularly at researchers and master's level students who wish to design and develop audiovisual systems for the analysis of multimedia streams.