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Course:
Dynamic Media Technologies

Fall Semester 2002
prof.dr. Doug DeGroot
4 study points

Note: class meets 8 times, two class lengths (schedule)

Course Overview:

This course will examine various technologies in the field of dynamic media, including audio and video, streaming media, interactive movies, immersive media, non-linear digital video editing, and web integration and deployment. The QuickTime architecture will be the key architecture utilized during the study. Students will have many opportunities to explore the various technologies during lab exercises and in class demonstrations.

Participants can include both LIACS Media Technology students and upper-level LIACS Computer Science students.

The course will be held in English.

Main Textbook:

• Revolutionary QuickTime Pro 5 & 6
  Bradley Ford, et al
  

Selected Readings from:

• QuickTime for the Web: Apple and Windows
  Steven Gulie, Apple Computer

Announcements:

30 October '02

I have posted both copies of the two presentations on integrating QuickTime movies into a web page. They may be found here:
     Integrating QT into Web Sites - Part 1
     Integrating QT into Web Sites - Part 2
Both of these files are PDF files and hence can be read with Acrobat Reader.

03 October '02

When submitting your homework files, please be sure to send them to the address
     HomeWorks <dmt@liacs.nl>
and not just to dmt@liacs.nl or to <dmt@liacs.nl>. My robot email filtering system will not catch them otherwise, and they may fall through the cracks.

previous announcements...

Class Schedule:

The class will meet from 13.45-17.30, Wednesdays, on the following dates:

• September 4, 18, 25
  
• October 16, 23
• November 13, 20
• December 4

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Homework Assignments:

Assignments from Sept 18:

• Read Chapters 1 - 4 of your text,
  Revolutionary QuickTime Pro 5 & 6.

Assignments from Sept 25:

• Homework Assignments 1-3
       (download the PDF file)

  The tools for these homework assignments can be found on Apple's web site here. Both Mac and Windows versions are available.
  Although you need only MakeEffectMovie,
  MakeEffectSlideShow is slightly more powerful. (Unfortunately, it is available only for the Mac.)

• Preparing for In-Class Presentations:

  The list of Audio and Video codecs supported by QuickTime can be found here:
  (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/qt/specifications.html).

  See also pages 157-164 of your text and the list of MPEG-4 Users Frequently Asked Questions here:
  (http://www.m4if.org/resources/mpeg4userfaq.php).

  Several other possibly relevant links may be found below. Those presenting should search for other materials as needed to prepare a suitable presentation.

LiveStage Professional Demo (scroll down to and then click on the poster)

Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)

MPEG-4 Links:

• Rob Koenen's IEEE spectrum article on MPEG-4
• MPEG-4: Why, What, How and When?
• MP3 and AAC Explained, by Karl-Heinz Brandenburg. Presented at the AES 17th International Conference, Florence, Italy, Sept, 1999.
• MPEG-4 Industry Forum & Tutorials
• ISMA (Internet Streaming Media Alliance)
• Philips' MPEG-4 Site
• IEEE Multimedia article on MPEG-4
• Applying and Implementing the MPEG-4 Multimedia Standard
• Apple's MPEG-4 Video Gallery
  (note: requires QuickTime 6)

Software to Install

QuickTime 6 (Apple, for Mac & for Windows)

LiveStage Pro Demo (Totally Hip Software)

GraphicConverter (Lemke Software)

QuickFlix! 1.1.1.sit

VideoScript (Mac & Windows versions available)

Mailing Lists and Forums

• QuickTime-Talk: This list is the place for discussions about the QuickTime technologies, including using QuickTime tools and creating content with QuickTime.
• QuickTime-API: This list is the place for discussions of code development using the QuickTime API, including tools, software, techniques, and hints.
• QuickTime-Java: This list is the place for discussions of code development using the QuickTime API and Java.
• QuickTime-Streaming-Server: This list is for QuickTime Streaming Server users to communicate with each other.
• QuickTime-VR: This mailing list is an informal means for photographers, Web authors, and programmers to share information about QTVR.
• LiveStage Talk: This mailing list is mainly a forum for people creating wired sprite movies using LiveStage Pro, but it also covers general QuickTime movie creation issues such as compression, and other TotallyHip software.
• Tech Exchange Discussion Forum: This is an Apple-hosted resource for product-specific information and feedback (including QuickTime for Windows). When you post a technical issue, it is available to customers with Internet access worldwide. If you have an answer or a suggestion related to posts you read on the forum, we welcome and encourage your participation.

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01 September '02

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