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Multimedia Computing Syllabus

This document provides information about a Multimedia Computing course including its objectives, content, and structure. The course aims to familiarize students with concepts of multimedia including sound, images, video, and data compression. It is divided into 9 units that cover these topics as well as user interfaces, programming abstractions, and applications. Students will complete theoretical and practical work, including writing programs, to learn various multimedia computing concepts.

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Multimedia Computing Syllabus

This document provides information about a Multimedia Computing course including its objectives, content, and structure. The course aims to familiarize students with concepts of multimedia including sound, images, video, and data compression. It is divided into 9 units that cover these topics as well as user interfaces, programming abstractions, and applications. Students will complete theoretical and practical work, including writing programs, to learn various multimedia computing concepts.

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Multimedia Computing

Course Title: Multimedia Computing Full Marks: 60 + 20 + 20


Course No: CSC319 Pass Marks: 24 + 8 + 8
Nature of the Course: Theory + Lab Credit Hrs: 3
Semester: V

Course Description: This course familiarizes students with the concepts of multimedia computing
including sound, image, video, animations, data compression, and multimedia applications.

Course Objectives: The main objective of this course is to provide knowledge of different concepts
of multimedia computing and their applications.

Course Contents:
Unit 1: Introduction (5 Hrs.)
Global Structure of Multimedia; Multimedia Application; Medium; Multimedia System and
Properties; Characteristics of a Multimedia System; Challenges for Multimedia Systems;
Components of a Multimedia System

Unit 2: Sound /Audio System (6 Hrs.)


Concepts of Sound System; Music and Speech; Speech Generation; Speech Analysis; Speech
Transmission

Unit 3: Images and Graphics (5 Hrs.)


Digital Image Representation; Image and graphics Format; Image Synthesis, analysis and
Transmission

Unit 4: Video and Animation (6 Hrs.)


Video Signal Representation; Computer Video Format; Computer-Based animation; Animation
Language; Methods of Controlling Animation; Display of Animation; Transmission of Animation

Unit 5: Data Compression (8 Hrs.)


Storage Space; Coding Requirements; Source, Entropy and Hybrid Coding; Lossy Sequential DCT-
based Mode; Expanded Lossy DCT-based Mode; JPEG and MPEG

Unit 7: User Interfaces (5 Hrs.)


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

Unit 8: Abstractions for programming (5 Hrs.)


Abstractions Levels; Libraries; System Software Toolkits; Higher Programming Languages; Object
–Oriented Approaches

Unit 9: Multimedia Application (5 Hrs.)


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

Laboratory Work: The laboratory work includes writing programs of different concepts of
multimedia computing.

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Recommended Books:
1. Multimedia: Computing, Communications and Applications, Ralf Steinmetz and Klara
Nahrstedt, Pearson Education Asia
2. Multimedia Communications, Applications, Networks, Protocols and Standards, Fred Halsall,
Pearson Education Asia
3. Multimedia Systems, John F. Koegel Buford, Pearson Education Asia

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