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IntroductionToMultimedia Networking

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Multimedia Networking

Introduction

Presented by: Eng./Nourhan Tarek


What is Multimedia
Multimedia is a technology that enables humans to
use computers capable of processing textual data,
audio and video, still pictures, and animation.
Multimedia Networking
Networked multimedia is to build the multimedia on
network and distributed systems, so different users on
different machines can share image, sound, video, to
communicate with each other.
The value of multimedia
The modern view of multimedia communications and
multimedia networks has its roots in
videoconferencing.
The characteristics of multimedia make heavy
demands on storage and transmission systems.
Multimedia and Quality of Service
Network Multimedia applications: sending and
receiving audio and video (“continuous media”) across
networks
Quality of Service: network provides application with
level of performance needed for application to
function
Multimedia on the Internet
Multimedia not as sensitive to loss
Words from sentence lost still ok
Frames in video missing still ok
Multimedia can be very sensitive to delay
Interactive session needs one-way delays less than 1
second!
New phenomenon is jitter!
Multimedia's applications
Streaming stored media
Streaming live media
Real-time interactive media
Streaming Stored Media
Stored on server
Examples: pre-recorded songs, famous lectures, video-
on-demand
RealPlayer, Media Player and Quicktime
Interactivity: includes pause, ff, rewind…
Delays of 1 to 10 seconds
Not so sensitive to jitter
Streaming Live Media
“Captured” from live camera, radio, T.V.
1-way communication, maybe multicast
Examples: concerts, radio broadcasts, lectures
RealPlayer, Media Player and Quicktime
Limited interactivity
Delays of 1 to 10 seconds
Not so sensitive to jitter
Real-Time Interactive Media
2-way communication
Examples: Internet phone, video conference
Very sensitive to delay
Conclusion
Networked multimedia is concerned about spreading
large quantities of data with high quality and as fast as
possible.

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