Multimedia technology
Date Submitted: 12/19/2000 15:53:24
Hardware Components of Video
Still Images
A graphic can be stored as a bitmap, or as a vector image. For multimedia purposes, the majority of uses are filled by bitmap images.
Bitmaps
A bitmapped image is one in which every pixel on the screen or in the image is mapped to a bit of data. With a monochrome picture there is a direct correlation between the number of screen pixels and the number of bits
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Contents
Hardware Components of Video 1
Still Images 1
Bitmaps 1
Vectors 1
Graphic File Formats 1
GIF 1
BMP 2
JPEG 2
Full-Motion Video 2
Video File Formats 3
AVI 3
QuickTime 3
MPEG 3
Video storage 3
Compression 4
Intraframe 4
Interframe 4
CODECS 5
Playback systems 5
Software CODECs 5
Hardware CODECs 5
Playing Back MPEG 5
MPEG and CD-I 6
Hardware Components of Audio 6
The Physics of Sound 6
Sampling and Recording 7
Components 8
Audio Storage & Compression 9
Multimedia Software 10
Special Effects 10
Animation 10
Warping 11
Morphing 11
Multimedia Presentations 12
Linear 12
Interactive 12
Presentation Facilities 12
Buttons 12
Events 13
Control structures 13
Multimedia Problems 13
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