Introduction: Introduction To multimedia system , history and applications Global structure of Multimedia : Device domain, system domain, application domain, cross domain with diagram Multimedia Application: Basic applications of multimedia system in all sectors Medium : The perception medium, the representation medium, the presentation medium, the storage medium, the transmission medium, the information exchange medium, representation values and representation spaces, representation dimensions Multimedia system and properties: Combination of media, independence ,computer support integration Characteristics of a Multimedia System: Multimedia systems must be computer controlled, Multimedia systems are integrated, the information they handle must be represented digitally, the interface to the final presentation of media is usually interactive. Challenges for Multimedia Systems: Synchronization, Sequencing, Distributed Network, Inter-media Scheduling Components of a Multimedia System: Capture devices, Storage Devices, Communication Networks, Computer Systems, Display Devices.

Concepts of sound system: Frequency, amplitude, Computer representation of sound, sampling rate, quantization, sound hardware Music and Speech : Basic MDI concepts, MIDI Devices, MIDI messages, MIDI and SMPTE timing standards, MIDI software Speech Generation : Basic Notions, Reproduced Speech output, Time dependent sound concatenation, frequency – dependent sound concatenation Speech Transmission: Signal form coding, source coding in parametrized systems, recognition and synthesis systems

Digital Image Representation : Image format, storage image format Image and graphics Format : Introduction about different Image and graphics Format Image Synthesis , analysis and Transmission : Computer Image processing, dynamics in graphics, the framework of interactive graphics systems: Graphics input/ output hardware, dithering, image analysis, Image recognition, Image recognition steps, Image transmission

Video signal representation : Visual representation, Transmission, digitalization Computer Video Format : Introduction to Computer video format Computer- Based animation : Input process, composition stage, in between process, Changing colors, Animation Language: Linear list notations, General purpose language, Graphical Languages Methods of controlling Animation: Full explicit control, procedural control, constraint based systems, tracking live action, kinematics and dynamics, Display of Animation: Basic knowledge about Display of Animation Transmission of Animation: Basic knowledge about Transmission of Animation

Storage Space : Basic knowledge about Storage Space Coding Requirements : Basic knowledge about Coding Requirements Source, Entropy and Hybrid Coding: Entropy coding, source coding- Huffman Encoding, Arithmetic encoding (introduction only), Run length encoding, Lossy Sequential DCT based Mode : Steps of Lossy Sequential DCT Expanded Lossy DCT based Mode : Steps of Expanded Lossy DCT-based Mode JPEG and MPEG : JPEG and MPEG compression process

Basic Design Issues : Architectural issues, information characteristics for presentation, presentation function, presentation design knowledge, effective human computer interaction Video and Audio at the User Interface: Classification of software: system software and application software, audio and video at the user interface User- friendliness as the Primary Goal : Easy to learn instruction, presentation, Dialogue boxes, additional design criteria, design specific criteria

Abstractions Levels: Abstraction level of the programming of multimedia systems Libraries: Introduction to Libraries System Software: Data as Time capsules, data as Streams, Toolkits : Introduction to toolkits Higher Programming Languages: Media as types, Media as files, Media as processes, programming language requirements, Interprocess communication Mechanism, language, Object –oriented approaches: Class, object, Inheritance, Polymorphism, application-specific metaphors as classes, application-generic Metaphors as classes, devices as classes, processing units as classes, Distribution of BMOs and CMOS, Media as classes, Communication-specific Metaphors as classes

Media preparation and composition: Means, video support, scanner devices, recognition devices, tracking devices, motion based devices, Media integration and communication: Multimedia editors, Hypermedia/ Hypertext editors, authoring tools, tele-services, interactive services, Distributed services, Media ConsumPtion Media Entertainment: Virtual Reality, Interactive video, Interactive audio, Games Telemedicine: Application of Telemedicine in Multimedia E-learning: Application of e-Learning in Multimedia Digital video editing and production systems: Application of in Digital video editing and production systems in Multimedia Video conferencing: Application of Video conferencing in Multimedia Video-on-demand: Application of Video-on-demand in Multimedia