Course: Multimedia and Hypermedia Systems

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Course title Multimedia and Hypermedia Systems
Course code KIV/MHS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kavan Jiří, doc. Ing. CSc.
Course content
1. Video as an example of a multimedia project: screenplay, shooting preparation, editing, postprocessing, sound design, archiving, distribution, display. 2. Multimedia: contents, classification. Introduction to multimedia standards, MPEG standards. Copyright law. 3. Sound: definition, basic properties (loudness, pitch, timbre), psychoacoustics. Frequency analysis. Recording chain, sound reproduction and recording. 4. Sound: overview of mixing process. Introduction to digital signal processing, discrete Fourier transform, FIR filters. Equalization, dynamic processors, DDL based effects, reverberation. 5. Sound: analogue vs. digital. Multichannel audio storage. MIDI. Sampling, aliasing, quantization, dithering. Lossless audio compression - decorrelation, entropy coding. Principles of lossy audio compression - (A)DPCM, subband, transform coding. Examples (MPEG-1 Audio Layer I-II-III etc.) 6. Image: camera-display chain. Cameras, sensor size. Photometry. Exposure. Lenses, focal length, depth of field, photographic filters. Artificial scene illumination. 7. Image: still and moving picture digitalization. Aspect ratio - history, standards, conversion. Frame rate - psychovisual aspects, motion perception, flickering, interlacing, standards, conversion. 8. Image: resolution - psychovisual aspects, standards (TV, motion picture, photography), sampling and reconstruction. 9. Image: luminance quantization, imaging chain, system gamma. Digital colour, matrixing, colour spaces, chroma subsampling. 10. Static image storage and compression. Image file format structure. Raw camera data. Lossless compression methods - RLE, dictionary, arithmetic coding. DCT based methods, JPEG. DWT based methods, EZW algorithm. Current trends in image compression. 11. Video compression principles. Requirements, overview of techniques. Intra coding, bitrate control. Inter coding, coder-decoder connection, motion compensation, GOP. Overview of standards: MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC, VC-1, WebM / VP9, DNxHD, HEVC. 12. Multimedia distribution. Historic context. Building blocks: elementary strems, time multiplex, playlist. Multimedia data processing overview. Container structures. Multimedia distribution over internet. Multimedia support in operating systems. 13. Displays. Current and historic display technologies. Projectors.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Interactive lecture, Lecture with practical applications, One-to-One tutorial, Individual study
  • Contact hours - 65 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 50 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
understand formal mathematical notations (mathematical analysis, linear algebra)
understand notation of algorithms in common programming language or pseudocode
read professional texts in English (e.g. program manuals)
describe the basic physical behavior of light and sound
Skills
use the apparatus of mathematical analysis and linear algebra
implement non-trivial algorithms in a common programming language
user control the PC
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
from the area of acquisition, editing and archiving of audio recordings
from the field of acquisition, editing and archiving of image and video recordings
from the field of computer processing of multimedia data
from understanding the connections between individual areas
Skills
clearly describe the methods of acquisition, processing and archiving of multimedia data
propose a suitable method of acquisition, digitization, processing and archiving of multimedia data
apply theoretical knowledge to practical solutions to selected problems
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Lecture with visual aids
Individual study
Seminar
Students' portfolio
One-to-One tutorial
Skills
Seminar
Laboratory work
Project-based instruction
Students' portfolio
Competences
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Seminar
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Project
Skills
Combined exam
Project
Competences
Oral exam
Recommended literature
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