BCA Multimedia System
bcasemester 8Elective
Unit 1:Introduction
Multimedia and its applications, Global structure of Multimedia, Medium, Multimedia system and properties, Characteristics of a Multimedia system, Challenges for Multimedia Systems, Components of Multimedia System, Multimedia building blocks, Scope of Multimedia
Unit 2:Sound / Audio System
Overview sound system, Producing digital audio, Music and speech, Speech Generation, Speech Analysis, Speech Transmission, Representation of audio files, Computer Music –MIDI, MIDI versus Digital Audio
Unit 3:Images and Graphics
Uses of images and Graphics, Digital Image Representation, Image and graphics Format, Working with image and graphics, Image Synthesis , analysis and Transmission
Unit 4:Video and Animation
Digital Video, Video signal representation, Computer Video Format, Computer- Based animation, Animation Language, Timeline and frame based animation, Timeline and Tween-Based animation, Methods of controlling Animation, Display of Animation, Transmission of Animation
Unit 5:Data Compression
Need for Data Compression, Compression Basics, Storage Space, Coding Requirements, Lossless and Lossy Compression techniques, Source, Entropy and Hybrid Coding, Lossy Sequential DCT- based Mode, Expanded Lossy DCT-based Mode, JPEG and MPEG Compression
Unit 6:Abstractions for programming
Abstractions Levels, Libraries, System Software, Toolkits, Higher Programming Languages, Object –oriented approaches
Unit 7:Multimedia design
Development phases and development teams, Analysis phase, Design Phase, Development phase, Implementation Phase, Evaluation and testing phase, Multimedia User Interface Design
Unit 8:Multimedia Application
Media preparation and composition, Media integration and communication, Media Entertainment, Telemedicine, E-learning, Digital video editing and production systems, Video conferencing, Video-on-demand