MultimediaElements; Multimedia Applications; Multimedia Systems Architecture;Evolving Technologies for Multimedia Systems; Defining Objects forMultimedia Systems; Multimedia Data Interface Standards; The need forData Compression; Multimedia Databases.Media: Perception Media, Representation Media, Presentation Media,Storage Media, Transmission Media, Information Exchange Media,Presentation Spaces & Values, and Presentation Dimensions; Key Propertiesof a Multimedia System: Discrete & Continuous Media, IndependenceMedia, Computer Controlled Systems, Integration; Characterizing DataStreams: Asynchronous Transmission Mode, Synchronous TransmissionMode, Isochronous Transmission Mode; Characterizing Continuous MediaData 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.
Capturing Graphics and Images Computer Assisted Graphics and ImageProcessing; Reconstructing Images; Graphics and Image Output Options.Basics; Television Systems; Digitalization of Video Signals; DigitalTelevision; Basic Concepts; Specification of Animations; Methods of Controlling Animation; Display of Animation; Transmission of Animation;Virtual Reality Modeling Language.
Storage Space; Coding Requirements; Source,Entropy, and Hybrid Coding; Basic Compression Techniques; JPEG: ImagePreparation, Lossy Sequential DCT-based Mode, Expanded Lossy DCT-based Mode, Lossless Mode, Hierarchical Mode
H.261 (Px64) and H.263: Image Preparation, CodingAlgorithms, Data Stream, H.263+ and H.263L; MPEG: Video Encoding,Audio Coding, Data Stream, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-7; FractalCompression.
History of Optical Storage; Basic Technology;Video Discs and Other WORMs; Compact Disc Digital Audio; Compact DiscRead 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.
Simple Vs. Complex Features; Analysis of IndividualImages; Analysis of Image Sequences; Audio Analysis; Applications.
Rich-Text Format; TIFF File Format;Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF); MIDI File Format; JPEG DIB FileFormat for Still and Motion Images; AVI Indeo File Format; MPEGStandards; TWAIN
Multimedia Application Classes; Types ofMultimedia Systems; Virtual Reality Design; Components of MultimediaSystems; Organizing Multimedia Databases; Application Workflow DesignIssues; Distributed Application Design Issues.