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Multimedia System Application

Multimedia System Application refers to the "logical" integration of various media types—such as text, audio, images, and video—into functional software environments to enhance communication and data interaction. These applications utilize "circuit-based technical materials" to process high-bandwidth content, ensuring "technical clarity" in how information is delivered through "Communication Systems".

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Course Title: Multimedia System

Course No: CACS457

Nature of the Course: Theory + Lab

Semester: 8

Full Marks: 20 + 20 + 60

Pass Marks: 8 + 8 + 24

Credit Hours: 3

Course Description

Course Objectives

Course Contents

1. Introduction
6 hrs
1.1. Multimedia and its applications
1.2. Global structure of Multimedia
1.3. Medium
1.4. Multimedia system and properties
1.5. Characteristics of a Multimedia system
1.6. Challenges for Multimedia Systems
1.7. Components of Multimedia System
1.8. Multimedia building blocks
1.9. Scope of Multimedia
2. Sound / Audio System
5 hrs
2.1. Overview sound system
2.2. Producing digital audio
2.3. Music and speech
2.4. Speech Generation
2.5. Speech Analysis
2.6. Speech Transmission
2.7. Representation of audio files
2.8. Computer Music -MIDI
2.9. MIDI versus Digital Audio
3. Images and Graphics
5 hrs
3.1. Uses of images and Graphics
3.2. Digital Image Representation
3.3. Image and graphics Format
3.4. Working with image and graphics
3.5. Image Synthesis, analysis and Transmission
4. Video and Animation
6 hrs
4.1. Digital Video
4.2. Video signal representation
4.3. Computer Video Format
4.4. Computer-Based animation
4.5. Animation Language
4.6. Timeline and frame based animation
4.7. Timeline and Tween-Based animation
4.8. Methods of controlling Animation
4.9. Display of Animation
4.10. Transmission of Animation
5. Data Compression
8 hrs
5.1. Need for Data Compression
5.2. Compression Basics
5.3. Storage Space
5.4. Coding Requirements
5.5. Lossless and Lossy Compression techniques
5.6. Source, Entropy and Hybrid Coding
5.7. Lossy Sequential DCT-based Mode
5.8. Expanded Lossy DCT-based Mode
5.9. JPEG and MPEG Compression
6. Abstractions for programming
6 hrs
6.1. Abstractions Levels
6.2. Libraries
6.3. System Software
6.4. Toolkits
6.5. Higher Programming Languages
6.6. Object-oriented approaches
7. Multimedia design
6 hrs
7.1. Development phases and development teams
7.2. Analysis phase
7.3. Design Phase
7.4. Development phase
7.5. Implementation Phase
7.6. Evaluation and testing phase
7.7. Multimedia User Interface Design
8. Multimedia Application
6 hrs
8.1. Media preparation and composition
8.2. Media integration and communication
8.3. Media Entertainment
8.4. Telemedicine
8.5. E-learning
8.6. Digital video editing and production systems
8.7. Video conferencing
8.8. Video-on-demand

Laboratory Works

  1. 1.Practical Experiments and Assignments

Text Books

  1. 1.Ralf Steinmetz and Klara Nahrstedt, Multimedia: Computing, Communications and Applications, Pearson Education Asia
  2. 2.John F. Koegel Buford, Multimedia Systems, Pearson Education Asia

Reference Books

  1. 1.Fred Halsall, Multimedia Communications, Applications, Networks, Protocols and Standards, Pearson Education Asia
  2. 2.Ralf Steinmetz and Klara Nahrstedt, Multimedia fundamentals, Pearson Education Asia

Notes:

Source:

This course offers detailed concept and structure of Multimedia system. It includes introduction, Sound & Audio System, Images and Graphics, Video and Animation, Data Compression, Abstractions for programming, Multimedia design and applications. It does not entirely focus on theoretical concept but also strongly focuses on practical skill based learning.

The general objectives of this course are to provide theoretical as well as practical knowledge of Multimedia System, applications and tools to make students capable of implementing, managing and developing the issues of multimedia application in their personal as well professional life.

Labs consist of at least 8 practical experiments and two assignments covering the topics of the syllabus.
This syllabus follows the official BSC-CSIT curriculum of Tribhuvan University. In case of any doubt or revision, the university's published syllabus shall be considered authoritative.