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2012

Version No. Course Prerequisites: 1.0

CSC524MULTIMEDIASYSTEM

L T P C 3 0 0 3

Should have basic knowledge in computer Graphics and design.

Objectives 1. To introduce multimedia computing and communications. 2. To impart knowledge of Sound/ Audio, video processing techniques. Expected Outcome: The students will be able to use multimedia computing hardware, software tools multimedia authoring and design process. Unit No.I Introduction Number of hours:9 Making Multimedia - Multimedia Skills Using Text in Multimedia Font Editing and Design Tools Hypermedia and Hypertext Sound- Multimedia System Sounds Digital Audio Making MIDI Audio Audio File Formats MIDI Versus Digital Audio Adding Sound to Multimedia Project Images Color Image File Formats Video Analog and Digital Display Standards Digital Video Video Recording and Tape Formats Shooting and Editing Video. Unit No. II MultimediaSoftwareDevelopmentAndTools Number of hours:9 Planning and Costing Designing and Producing Content and Talent Delivering - Hardware Software - Animation Principles of Animation Animation Techniques Animation File Formats- Multimedia Authoring Tools - Tools for the WWW Designing for the WWW - Text Editing and Word Processing Tools Painting and Drawing Tools 3D Modeling and Animation Tools Image Editing Tools Sound Editing Tools Animation Video and Digital Movie Tools. Unit No.III MultimediaCommunications Number of hours:9 Text and Image Compression Audio and Video Compression Multimedia Communications HDLC Protocols Internet Applications. Unit No.IV MultimediaoperatingSystems Number of hours:9 Introduction, Real-time, Resource Management, Process Management, File Systems, Additional Operating System Issues, System Architecture, Multimedia Communication Systems- Application Subsystem, Transport Subsystem, Quality of Service and Resource Management Unit No.V MultimediaDatabaseSystems Number of hours:9 Multimedia Database Systems and its characteristics, Data Analysis, Data Structure, Operations on Data, Integration in a Database Model, Introduction to Hypertext, Hypermedia, Document Architecture, SGML, ODA, MHEG, A Reference Model for Multimedia Synchronization, Multimedia Applications- Media Preparation. Media Composition, Media Integration, Media Communication, Media Consumption, Media Entertainment

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Text/Reference Books: 1. Tay Vaughan, Multimedia: Making it Work, Seventh Edition, TMGH 2008. 2. Fred Halsall, Multimedia Communications and Applications, Networks, Protocols and Standards, Pearson Education, 2009. 3. Ralf Steinmetz and Klara Mahrstedt, "Multimedia computing, communications and Applications", Pearson Education Asia, 1st reprint 2001. 4. K. Rao, "Multimedia Communication Systems: Techniques, Standards, and Networks", Prentice Hall, 2002.

Mode of Evaluation: Recommended by the Board of Studies on Date of Approval by the Academic Council

By assignment, and Continuous Assessment Tests(CAT)

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