Multimedia systems

Features

• Comprehensive overview of fundamental principles and key issues
  in multimedia computing.
  
• Integrated presentation of multimedia technologies and their
  applications to a variety of settings.
  
• Author and contributors are leading researchers in multimedia
  computing.
  
• Large number of illustrations.
  

Table of contents

1. Uses of Multimedia, John Buford

2. Convergence of Computers, Communications, and Consumer
Products, Jeff Porter

3. Architectures and Issues for Next Generation Systems, John
Buford

4. Digital Audio Representation and Processing, John Strawn

5. Digital Image Processing, John Buford and Patrick D. Krolak

6. Video Technology, Arch Luther

7. Video and Sounding Recording, Production, and Distribution,
Erik Peters

8. Video Technology and Teleconferencing, Walt Hill and John
Buford

9. Digital Video and Image Compression, Arch Luther

10. Time-Based Media Representation and Delivery, Thomas D. Little

11. Multimedia Devices, Presentation Services, and the User
Interface, John Buford

12. Operating System Support for Continuour Media, Hideyuki/Tokuda

13. Multimedia Interchanges, John Buford and Rita Brennan

14. Network Protocols and Architectures for Multimedia
Communications, Prodip Sen

15. Computer Integrated Video Conferencing and Group Work, Hiroshi
Ishii and Naomi Miyake

16. Multimedia Presentation and Authoring, David Backer

17. Multimedia Information Systems, John Buford

18. High Definition Television and Desktop Computing, Charles
Poynton

19. Knowledge Based Multimedia Systems, Jeannette Neal and Stuart
Shapiro