Module Descriptors
MULTIMEDIA STREAMING
XXET60201
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 6
15 credits
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- PRACTICAL NOT IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 60%
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 40%
Module Details
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None
Module Resources
Windows 2003 Media Servers
Real Player One or Ambulant or equivalent SMIL player
Real Player One or Ambulant or equivalent SMIL player
Module Learning Strategies
Lectures and laboratory sessions
(1:30)3
Learning on all aspects of the module will be facilitated by lecture/tutorials, problem solving exercises and student centred learning.
A mini lecture will take place in the tutorial and problems will be given to the students.
(1:30)3
Learning on all aspects of the module will be facilitated by lecture/tutorials, problem solving exercises and student centred learning.
A mini lecture will take place in the tutorial and problems will be given to the students.
Module Indicative Content
The students will study
- Media service requirements over Intranets
- Media service requirement over the Internet and coping with internet and
- limitations
- Media authoring and showcasing for streaming
- Media Encoding
- Streaming servers (technology, tradeoffs, setup and management)
- Streaming non audio/Video content (text, images and animations)
- Programming in SMIL (Synchronized Media Integration Language)
- Planning and managing live broadcasts
- Management of media rights, authentication and conditional access
Module Additional Assessment Details
60% Practical
40% Written
A 60% individual practical assessing learning outcomes 2 and 3 creating a SMIL broadcast solution with a demonstration.
A 40% individual written piece assessing learning outcomes 1 and 3 with a 1200 word limit researching streaming media technologies.
40% Written
A 60% individual practical assessing learning outcomes 2 and 3 creating a SMIL broadcast solution with a demonstration.
A 40% individual written piece assessing learning outcomes 1 and 3 with a 1200 word limit researching streaming media technologies.
Module Texts
Streaming Media Bible, Steve Mack (2002), John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 0764536508
Windows Media Resource Kit, Tricia Gill & Bill Birney (2003), Microsoft Press, ISBN:0735618070
The Streaming Media Handbook, Eyal Menin (2002), Prentice Hall PTR, ISBN: 0130358134
Windows Media Resource Kit, Tricia Gill & Bill Birney (2003), Microsoft Press, ISBN:0735618070
The Streaming Media Handbook, Eyal Menin (2002), Prentice Hall PTR, ISBN: 0130358134