INTRODUCTION, MEDIA AND DATA STREAMS, AUDIO
TECHNOLOGY: Multimedia Elements; Multimedia Applications;
Multimedia Systems Architecture; Evolving Technologies for Multimedia
Systems; Defining Objects for Multimedia Systems; Multimedia Data
Interface Standards; The need for Data Compression; Multimedia Databases.
Media: Perception Media, Representation Media, Presentation Media,
Storage Media, Transmission Media, Information Exchange Media,
Presentation Spaces & Values, and Presentation Dimensions; Key Properties
of a Multimedia System: Discrete & Continuous Media, Independence
Media, Computer Controlled Systems, Integration; Characterizing Data
Streams: Asynchronous Transmission Mode, Synchronous Transmission
Mode, Isochronous Transmission Mode; Characterizing Continuous Media
Data Streams. Sound: Frequency, Amplitude, Sound Perception and
Psychoacoustics; Audio Representation on Computers; Three Dimensional
Sound Projection; Music and MIDI Standards; Speech Signals; Speech
Output; Speech Input; Speech Transmission.
UNIT 2
GRAPHICS AND IMAGES, VIDEO TECHNOLOGY, COMPUTERBASED
ANIMATION: Capturing Graphics and Images Computer Assisted
Graphics and Image Processing; Reconstructing Images; Graphics and Image
Output Options. Basics; Television Systems; Digitalization of Video Signals;
Digital Television; Basic Concepts; Specification of Animations; Methods of
Controlling Animation; Display of Animation; Transmission of Animation;
Virtual Reality Modeling Language.
DATA COMPRESSION - 2: H.261 (Px64) and H.263: Image Preparation,
Coding Algorithms, Data Stream, H.263+ and H.263L; MPEG: Video
Encoding, Audio Coding, Data Stream, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-7;
Fractal Compression.
PART – B
UNIT 5
OPTICAL STORAGE MEDIA: History of Optical Storage; Basic
Technology; Video Discs and Other WORMs; Compact Disc Digital Audio;
Compact Disc Read Only Memory; CD-ROM Extended Architecture;
Further CD-ROM-Based Developments; Compact Disc Recordable;
Compact Disc Magneto-Optical; Compact Disc Read/Write; Digital Versatile
Disc.
UNIT 6
CONTENT ANALYSIS: Simple Vs. Complex Features; Analysis of
Individual Images; Analysis of Image Sequences; Audio Analysis;
Applications.
UNIT 7
DATA AND FILE FORMAT STANDARDS: Rich-Text Format; TIFF
File Format; Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF); MIDI File Format;
JPEG DIB File Format for Still and Motion Images; AVI Indeo File Format;
MPEG Standards; TWAIN.
2. Multimedia Systems Design – Prabhat K. Andleigh, Kiran Thakrar,
PHI, 2003.
Reference Books
1. Multimedia Communication Systems: – Techniques, Standards,
and Networks – K.R Rao, Zoran S. Bojkovic and Dragorad A.
Milovanovic, Pearson Education, 2002.
2. Multimedia information Networking – Nalin K Sharad – PHI,
2002.