Multimedia SystemsThis carefully edited book provides a technical introduction to key issues in multimedia, including detailed discussion of new technologies, principles, current research, and future directions. The book covers important interdisciplinary aspects of digital multimedia systems, among them sound and video recording, television engineering, digital signal processing, systems architectures, user interface, and algorithms. Multimedia Systems furnishes a unified treatment of recent developments in the field, bringing together in one volume multimedia elements common to a range of computing areas such as operating systems, database management systems, network communications, and user interface technology. Features
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Contents
The Convergence of Computers Communications | 27 |
Architectures and Issues for Distributed | 45 |
MEDIA AND TIME | 65 |
Copyright | |
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algorithm analog architecture Audio Engineering Society bandwidth BISDN broadcast camera channel chapter chrominance client coding color components composite compression conferencing continuous media coordinated CUBRICON database desktop developed digital audio discussed display encoding environment example Figure format frame frame rate frequency function graphics hardware HDTV hypermedia HyTime IEEE implemented input interaction ISDN layer MHEG microkernel MIT Media Laboratory mode motion video movie MPEG multimedia multimedia applications multimedia communications multimedia information Multimedia System Services natural language NTSC OMFI operating system output parameters picture pixels playback playout presentation processing protocol QuickTime real-time recording representation requirements resolution retrieval sample scanning scheduling screen SECAM sequence server session signal sound specific standard storage synchronization techniques television temporal thread tion types user interface video compression virtual connection Virtual Device waveform window system workstation