BIT Multimedia Computing

Multimedia Systems; Components of multimedia; Multimedia System, its characteristics and properties; Structure of Multimedia; Applications

Text: Types of Text, Ways to Present Text, Aspects of Text Design, Character, Character Set, Codes, Unicode, Encryption Sound / Audio: Basic Sound Concepts, Types of Sound, Digitizing Sound, Audio Formats, Audio tools, MIDI; Speech Generation, Speech Analysis and Speech Transmission

Image: Digital Image Representation, Uses of Images, Formats, Image Color Scheme, Image Enhancement; Image Synthesis, Analysis and Transmission Video: Analogue and Digital Video, Recording Formats and Standards (JPEG, MPEG, H.261), Transmission of Video Signals, Video Capture

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

Introduction; basics of compression; storage space; need of coding; Lossy and Lossless Compression Techniques; Source, Entropy and Hybrid Coding; Lossy Sequential DCT–based mode; Expanded Lossy DCT-based mode; JPEG and MPEG Compression

Introduction to abstraction levels; Libraries; System Software; Toolkits; Higher Programming Languages; Object Oriented Approaches

Development Phases and Development Teams; Analysis, Design, Development and Implementation Phase; Evaluation and Testing Phase

Basic Design Issues; Video and Audio at the User Interface; User-Friendliness as the Primary Goal

Media Preparation and Composition; Media Integration and Communication; Media Entertainment; Telemedicine; E-learning; Digital Video Editing and Production Systems; Video Conferencing; Video-on-demand