topical media & game development

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questions

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.

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