Multimedia Systems

by Buford, John F. Koegel

• ISBN13: 9780201532586
• ISBN10: 0201532581
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-04-30
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Summary

This book provides a technical introduction to key issues in multimedia, including detailed discussion of new technologies, principles, current research, and future directions. It 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.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Uses of Multimedia Information	p. 1
The Convergence of Computers, Communications, and Entertainment Products	p. 27
Architectures and Issues for Distributed Multimedia Systems	p. 45
Digital Audio Representation and Processing	p. 65
Video Technology	p. 109
Digital Video and Image Compression	p. 143
Time-Based Media Representation and Delivery	p. 175
Operating System Support for Continuous Media Applications	p. 201
Middleware System Services Architecture	p. 221
Multimedia Devices, Presentation Services, and the User Interface	p. 245
Multimedia File Systems and Information Models	p. 265
Multimedia Presentation and Authoring	p. 285
Multimedia Services over the Public Network: Requirements, Architectures, and Protocols	p. 305
Multimedia Interchange	p. 323
Multimedia Conferencing	p. 341
Multimedia Groupware: Computer and Video Fusion Approach to Open Shared Workspace	p. 361
High Definition Television and Desktop Computing	p. 383
Knowledge-Based Multimedia Systems	p. 403
Index	p. 439
Membership Information	p. 451
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