topical media & game development
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3.
codecs and standards
(*)
What role do standards play in
multimedia
? Why are standards necessary for compression and delivery. Discuss the MPEG-4 standard and indicate how it is related to other (possible) standards.
concepts
What is a
codec
?
Give a brief overview of current multimedia standards.
What criteria must a
(multimedia) semantic web
satisfy?
technology
What is the
data rate
for respectively (
compressed
) voice, audio and video?
Explain how a
codec
functions.
Which considerations can you mention for choosing a compression method?
Give a brief description of: XML, MPEG-4, SMIL, RM3D.
