LECTURE 1:

INTRODUCTI N TO
MULTIMEDIA
ECE 551 MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS A N D APPL ICATIO N S
DR N U R IDORA ABDUL RAZAK
M A R C H 2017
Learning Objectives
Upon completionofthechapter,thestudentswillbe ableto:
Describewhat ismultimediaand itscomponents.
Statethedifferenttypesofmultim edia.
Describebasicconceptsofmultimediasystemsand applications.
Statethefivecategoriesofmedia.
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Whatismultimedia?
Components ofmultimedia
Typesofmultimedia
Multimediasystems
Applicationsofmultimedia
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Multimediacouldbe definedastheusageof
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rrdisseminating and
isseminatingand
presenting information
presentinginformat to audience by
iontoaudienceby
computerorelectronicmeans
computerorele ctronicmeans
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Graphics/
Video picture
Multimedia
com ponents

Animation
Sound/
audio
Types ofMultimedia
Non-linear:
Allowstheusertocontrolwhat and w hen elementsaredelivered
Hypermedia isthecombinationofnodes consistingofmultimediacomponents
thatcanbe interconnectedtoeachother.

Linear:
The userinteractswiththemultimediaapplicationwithoutcontrollingthe
progressofthecontent.
The linearcontentisusuallyarrangedinsequence.
Multimedia Systems
A systemthatinvolves:
Generation
Representation
Storage
Transmission
Searchand retrieval
Delivery
ofmultimediainformation
Characteristicsof Multimedia Systems
Computercontrolled
Integrated
Representeddigitally
interactive
Challenges inMultimedia Systems
Supportingmultimediaapplicationsoveracomputernetwork
Temporalrelationshipbetween differentformsofmedia
Sizeofdata
Features ofMultimedia Systems
Processing
Power

Software
FileSystem
Tools

Netw ork File

Features:
Support Form at

Storage Efficient
and andHigh
M em ory I/O
Special
O perating
System
Multimedia Applications

WorldWideWeb Hyperm edia Video Video-on-demand

coursewaree conferencing

InteractiveTV Groupw are Home shopping Gam es

Games

Digitalvideo
editing and
Virtualreality
production
systems
Classification ofMedia
Perceptionmedia How do human perceiveinformation

Representation How isinformationencoded inthecomputer

media
Whichmedium isusedtooutputinformation
Presentationmedia from thecomputer orinputinthecomputer.

Storagemedia Where isinformationstored

Transmissionmedia Whichmedium isusedtotransmitdata

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