MULTIMEDIA & ICT’S

CONTENT
Module 6
INTRODUCTION OF MULTIMEDIA

 What is Multimedia?
- Rich media. any form of content that deviates from normal text and static images and
engages with the end user.
- It is interactive. Means that the user or audience has a control over the program or
presentation. Multi – many Media – system of communication
Websites

 Youtube – a website that you can share videos and create vlogs
 Soundcloud – a website that you can share music compositions and audio
 Tiktok – an app where you can share your short videos and share to people.
 Google classroom – a google app that is use to simulate school environment.
Multimedia
content
 Multimedia content refers to the
combination of various media
elements, such as text, images,
audio, video, and interactive
elements, to deliver information
or entertainment in a dynamic
and engaging format.
Types of rich multimedia content

 Video
 Audio
 Online games
 Online assessment
 Online courseware
 Podcast
 Vodcast
 Video
 is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual
media.
 It adds more attraction to the user.
 Can be embedded within the content or stored outside the content.
Types of Video file format
o .AVI (Audio Video Interlaced) - .AVI files comply to a standard developed by Microsoft and are a very
popular video file format. An uncompressed .AVI file is too huge and will be difficult to be transferred over
the Internet. .AVI files are mainly used for editing, as they are compatible with almost any application.
o .FLV (Flash Video Format) - A Flash video file format is the most common and popular video sharing file
format used over the Internet. Almost all browsers are compatible with Flash and can the play the video with
ease. Most online video games are also done in a Flash video format.
o .WMV (Windows Media Video) - The tiniest video files over the Internet are mostly .WMV files. Their file
size after compression is very small, which results in poor quality.
o .MOV (Apple Quick Time Movie) - MOV is a popular type of video format amongst MAC users. .MOV
files are of high quality and usually big in size. However, being a popular MAC format.
o .MPEG (Motions Picture Experts Group) and .MPEG-4 (.MP4) - MP4 is a video format mainly used by
camcorders and cameras that is gaining popularity. The quality of a video coded using .MP4 is very high and
the file size relatively small.
Video Resolution

 In digital video, resolution means the number of pixels displayed on screen. Technically
speaking, there are two types of resolution:

o Spatial resolution means the width and height of the displayed image, measured in pixels.
In other words, the total number of pixels contained in each individual frame.
o Temporal resolution means the frame rate (number of frames shown per second), i.e.
"resolution over time".
Audio

 is sound within the acoustic range available to humans. An audio frequency (AF) is an electrical
alternating current within the 20 to 20,000 hertz (cycles per second) range that can be used to produce
acoustic sound.
 It can aid interaction to the user. And can also be added to the background.
 Uncompressed audio formats (often referred to as PCM formats) - just as the name suggests - are
formats that use no compression. This means all the data are available, at the risk of large file sizes. A
WAV audio file is an example of an uncompressed audio file.
 Lossless compression applies compression to an uncompressed audio file, but it does not lose
information or degrade the quality of the digital audio file. The WMA audio file format uses lossless
compression.
 Lossy compression will result in some loss of data as the compression algorithm eliminates redundant
or unnecessary information. Basically, it tosses what it sees as irrelevant information. Lossy
compression has become popular online because of its small file size. It is easier to transmit over the
Internet. MP3 and Real Audio files use a lossy compression.
Common Windows-compatible Audio Formats
Embedding Audio and Video Files

 Embedding a video and audio onto a web page becomes as easy as cutting and pasting.
When you visit a site that hosts videos, such as YouTube, you are presented with a video
box on the page. You can watch the video directly on the page, or the Flash player allows
you to view the video full screen, just by clicking a button on the player. They provide the
service, and they also provide the bandwidth, so the video is hosted on their servers and
uses their bandwidth.
Online games

 An interactive online simulation of real life or fictional world events. Users interact with
other users online.
 An online game is a video game that is either partially or primarily played through the
Internet or another computer network. Online games are ubiquitous on modern gaming
platforms, including PCs, consoles and mobile devices, and span many genres, including
first-person shooters, strategy games and massively multiplayer online role-playing games
(MMORPG).
 End User License Agreement - An online gamer must agree to an End-user license
agreement (EULA) when they first install the game application or an update. EULA is a
legal contract between the producer or distributor and the end-user of an application or
software, which is to prevent the program from being copied, redistributed or hacked.
Various Computer Game Genres

 Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) - is an online video game with a large number of players on the same server. World of
warcraft
 Simulations - a genre of games that are designed to mimic activities you'd see in the real world. The Sims
 Adventure - is any game genre where the player takes on a role of a character in a story. Tomb raider
 Real-Time Strategy (RTS) – It introduce new pressures into strategy and war games because they require players to make quick
decisions as far as how to use resources and time attacks.
 Puzzle - There are many levels, from beginner to expert, and games usually have coloured shapes and simple actions.
 Action - a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand–eye coordination and reaction time. The last of
us
 Stealth Shooter
 Combat
 First Person Shooters (FPS)
 Sports
 Role-Playing (RPG)
 Educational
Online assessment

 This includes different online test like IQ and personal test.

 Online Tests/Examinations

Online examination is a new technique to conduct an examination through internet. The formal
examination system is a very long procedure to conduct an examination. From the respect of the
recruiter, they should give extra effort on the examination to select employees for the organization. This
is a huge responsibility and extra load to the recruiter to conduct an examination. This is very costly and
extremely tedious to conduct an examination. Side by side online examination is a very sophisticated
examination conducting system. Recruiter just sends a mail to the candidates for the post and it will be
reached to the millions of register candidates of worldrelation.com. You can select deserving candidates
for your organization from India and abroad by this system. Lot of companies is gladly taking this
modern system to exemption form the tedious written examination system. Low cost, minimum effort,
minimum employee deployment, saving time, instant result and conduct an examination India and
abroad.
Online Courseware

 It is design for students and teachers. Includes online training and tutorials.
 Courseware is an educational material intended as kits for teachers or trainers or as
tutorials for students, usually packaged for use with a computer. Courseware can
encompass any knowledge area, but information technology subjects are most common.
Webcasting

 A webcast uses streaming media technology to take a single content source and distribute it
to many simultaneous listeners/viewers.
 are real-life events that are recorded and broadcasted online.
Gamecasting

 A popular form of technology is that of the gamecasting, especially in athletics, where a

sports fan can stay current with a particular sports event through the web, pager or cell
phone in pseudo real time.
 Livestream sport
 Squidgame
Podcasting

 Podcasting is the preparation and distribution of audio files using RSS feeds to the
computers of subscribed users.
 Podcasts can be produced by just about anyone wanting to share and communicate with the
world.
 It is an episodic series of audio streamed online.
Vodcasting

 Just like podcast, it is also arranged in series or episodes but with videos.
 A step beyond podcasting, vodcasting, also called video podcasting or vlogging or Video-
On-Demand-casts, adds video to the downloadable sound files podcast listeners are used
to. Download the video files is a simple matter of subscribing to a vodcast in one of the
many freely available directory programs.