Multimedia Application Practice Technology (Includes Disc)

Author: Zhang Xingzhong
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: This book is one of the "New Century Computer Science Series Textbooks," designed according to the main knowledge units and points of the "Multimedia Technology and Application" course. It begins by analyzing the development and application of multimedia technology and introduces the principles and methods of representing multimedia information. The book covers the composition, working principles, and usage methods of common multimedia hardware devices, such as optical storage systems, media processors, audio cards, and video cards. It also explains the basic concepts and applications of hypertext and hypermedia technology, human-computer interaction, and virtual reality technology. Additionally, it discusses the methods and techniques for creating multimedia works and web-based multimedia CAI courseware. Finally, it presents the design and implementation of a simple network phone as an example, introducing multimedia programming techniques and multimedia streaming transmission technology. The accompanying CD-ROM contains source code and executable files for each example.