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Teaching methods (Full-time studies):

• Lectures - 39 h per semestre
• Laboratory works - 26 h per semestre
• Individual work - 55 h per semestre

Course aim
The purpose is to introduce students to human hearing and vision properties, color theory, image&video signal composition, sources and processing techniques, as well as familiarize with main multimedia technologies and train to apply them in practice

Course description
Human hearing and visio. Three components coloring theory. TV technology, systems and standards. Signals of audio, and graphics. Audio and video technics. Evolution of multimedia systems. Multimedia devices. Audio technology. Video technology. Graphics technology. Multimedia authoring system.

Module compiled by:
V. Mališauskas

Reading list:
D. Janickienė. Informatika: Microsoft Windows NT4.0, Microsoft office 97 ir 2000, Multimedija, internetas: mokomoji knyga. - K.: VDU, 2001.
A. Vidžiūnas, D. Vitkutė, S. Maciulevičius, R. Velterytė. Informacinių technologijų taikymas. K.: VDU, 1999.
D. L. Krečman, A. I. Puškov. Multimedija svoimi rukami. - SPb.: BXV - Sankt-Peterburg, 1999 (rusų k.).
E. Rudometov, V. Rudometov. Ustroistvo multimedijnogo kompiutera. - SPb.: Piter, 2001 (rusų k.).
J. Watkinson. Convergence in Broadcast and Communications Media: The Fundamentals of Audio, Video, Data Processing and Communications Technologies. Focal Press, 2001.
J. Watkinson. MPEG Handbook. Focal Press, 2001.
ISO/IEC 13818. Information Technology - Generic Coding of Moving Pictures and Associated Audio Information./ Ed.1, JTS 1/SC 29, 1994 - 1995.
V. Bhaskaran, K. Konstantinides. Image and Video Compression Standards: Algorithms and Architectures (Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, 408). Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997.

Prerequisites:
For degree students - all the courses within the programme (identified in the curriculum);
For exchange students - please consult your academic advisor or faculty SOCRATES coordinator.