Objectives and competences
The aim of the course is to train students to understand the basic concepts of multimedia data processing and to be able to use appropriate tools for multimedia data processing, file formats and compression methods for multimedia data.
Content (Syllabus outline)
· Introduction: basic definitions, history, practical examples, challenges, overview of basic multimedia types
· Text: computer representation, text encoding, typography, basic compression techniques
· Audio: basic physical aspects of sound, computer representation of sound, lossy and lossless compression, file formats
· Images: raster and vector images, computer representation of images, file formats, lossy and lossless image compression, basic image compression techniques (quantisation, transformations, predictions)
· Video: basic video compression techniques (compression of image sequences based on motion compensation), file formats for video
· Tools for capturing, processing, transferring and presenting multimedia data (compression, conversion between file formats, streaming and basic editing of text, images, sound, video and 3D models)
Learning and teaching methods
· Lectures
· Computer exercises
· Individual work
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to
· Understand the challenges involved in the capture, storage, transmission, presentation and processing of multimedia data
· Select and use appropriate tools for multimedia data processing
· Process basic types of multimedia data
· Select and use appropriate file formats for storing multimedia data
· Understand the differences between lossless and lossy compression of multimedia data
Transferable/Key skills and other attributes:
· Communication skills: oral defence of computer exercises, writing report about lab work, written manner of expression in written examination.
· Use of information technology: use of software tools for multimedia data processing and data compression.
· Numeracy skills: solving numerical problems.
· Problem solving: selecting appropriate tools and procedures for multimedia data processing, selecting appropriate file formats and parameters for multimedia data presentation, evaluating the suitability of the tools and file formats used.
Readings
· Vaughan, T. (2014). Multimedia: Making It Work, Ninth Edition, 9th Edition. McGraw-Hill Education Group.
· Shi, Y. Q., & Sun, H. (2019). Image and video compression for multimedia engineering: Fundamentals, algorithms, and standards. CRC press.
· Salomon, D., & Motta, G. (2010). Handbook of data compression. Springer Science & Business Media.
· Parekh, R. (2006). Principles of multimedia (p. 727). Tata McGraw-Hill.
· Li, Z. N., Drew, M. S., & Liu, J. (2004). Fundamentals of multimedia. Upper Saddle River (NJ): Pearson Prentice Hall.
