College of Computing and Informatics

Multimedia System Development

IT441

Assignment 1
Deadline: Monday 19/09/2022 @ 23:59
[Total Mark for this Assignment is 8]

Student Details:
Name: ## Taif Albadri ID: ### 180115759

CRN: ### 11065

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Learning 2 Marks
Outcome(s): Question One
Describe the Provide a description with examples of each form of multimedia (non-interactive,
origin and interactive, adaptive, and immersive) that has contributed to managing public
evolution of awareness.
modern
Answer (0.25 mark/description, 0.25 mark/example, any correct example is accepted)
multimedia.
1- Interactive multimedia:
electronic framework that permits the user to control, consolidate, and
manipulate various sorts of media, like text, sound, video, PC graphics, and
animation. And we deal with multiple kinds of multimedia on a daily basis,
such as when we go through social media networks such as twitter,
Instagram, snapchat…etc. when we use them we interact with people and
share multiple types of information like text, sounds, videos, and playing
games.

2- Non-interactive multimedia:
It the multimedia type that does not allow human intervention when sharing
information and do not accept user input. Non-interactive types of
multimedia include television, radio, movies theaters, and podcasts.

3- Adaptive multimedia:
It is an advanced digital content that is streamlined for numerous devices, it
might incorporate text, pictures, video, and different kinds of sight and
sound. The content may essentially adjust to your screen size and modifying
number of pixels due to the type of device or may show up contrastingly
relying upon the gadget on which it is gotten to. Examples of this type of
multimedia are a lot and expanding such as some apps like Microsoft office,
some applications that used to be computer-oriented are now adaptive to
and device, also computer games are in the same case.

4- Immersive multimedia:
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immersive multimedia is an immediate or backhanded perspective on an

extended reality wholes components are added by the computer intelligence
produced info like sound, video, graphics or GPS data. the counterfeit data
can become intelligent and carefully controlled by the user. The examples
of this type of multimedia are expanding in the technical industry like
augmented reality, virtual reality, holopresence, and some others.
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2 Marks
Learning
Outcome(s): Question Two
Use existing What are the major types of compression? Which type of compression is more suitable
protocols, for the following scenario and justify your answer,
standards, and
i. Compressing Bigdata
representation
techniques in
ii. Compressing digital photo.
storage and
transmission of Answer (1 mark for each point)
multimedia
information. There are two major types of compression, Lossy and lossless.

The lossy type compresses data by losing any unimportant fractures of the data thus
creating more space for storage.

While the lossless type only reduces the size of the file to create more space and its
possible to reconstruct or decompress it when opening the file again.

Which we can say that:

1- Bigdata is most suitable to be compressed with the lossless type of compression

because the need of all the details and any loss of data could cause an alter in
the quality of the important data in the document.
2- We can use the lossy type of compression for the digital photo because usually
the lost details are not to be seen or affects the quality of the photo.
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2 Marks
Learning
Outcome(s): Question Three
Many factors are involved in ensuring that a computer operates at optimal capacity.
CLO2: Analyze
For properly operation, explain the functions of the CU and ALU in the computer's
the key
CPU. Briefly explain the types of data storage and its relationship with the CPU.
components of
multimedia Answer:

technologies. Marking Criteria: 1 mark for each part. 1 * 2 = 2 marks

First, The CU or the control unit, the control unit is the piece of the CPU that is
responsible for every one of the tasks being completed. Its mission is to guide the
system to execute directions, helps in correspondence between the memory and the
arithmetic logical unit, and it likewise supports the stacking of information and
directions dwelling in the secondary memory to the primary memory as required.

And the ALU or the arithmetic logical unit is liable for playing out all logical and
arithmetic tasks. Like subtracting, addition, multiplication, and division for the
arithmetic part, and comparison between characters and numbers for the logical part.

The types of storage in the CPU are two types which are primary storage and
secondary storage.

primary Storage (memory) This kind of storage is principally used to briefly store
data, meaning it tends to lose data as soon as the computer reboots or loses power. The
CPU doesn't straightforwardly get to the secondary memory, rather it generally
depends on the primary memory.

Unlike the secondary storage, this sort of storage is principally used to store
information on significant stretches, or to preserve data on the long term, this sort of
memory is put away in outside gadgets, for example, hard drives, memory flash and so
on.
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2 Marks
Learning
Outcome(s): Question Four
CLO2: Analyze In multimedia systems, there is a temporal relationship between multiple media types.
the key Data must be represented digitally, so many original data sources must be translated
components of from an analog source into a digital representation. This process involves significant
challenges. Briefly identify and explain TWO digital challenges in multimedia.
multimedia
technologies.
Answer:
(0.5 mark/description, 0.5 mark/ challenges, any correct example is accepted)

Creating Multimedia applications on the computer Network makes the applications

dispersed this means involving a lot of special computing techniques. multimedia
systems might need to present a verity of media at the same time unlike ordinary
applications, there is a temporal connection between many forms of media like the link
between video and audio. But this reveals on two types of problems here:

1- Sequencing inside the media, by meaning playing outlines in right request/time

period/order in the video.
2- Synchronization, in-media timing (for example Video and Sound). Lip
synchronization is obviously significant for people to watch playback of video
and sound.
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References:

●Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (2022, February 17). interactive

media. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/technology/interactive-
media

●Christensson, P. (2015, January 21). Adaptive Content Definition. Retrieved 2022,

Sep 19, Retrieved from https://techterms.com

●Rebekah Carter, XR today (2021, May 10). Retrieved from:

https://www.xrtoday.com/mixed-reality/what-is-immersive-media-an-introduction/

●CareerRide.com (2012, June 4). Functions of the CU and ALU in the CPU of a
computer.

●Pamela Fox, Khan Academy (2019) The need for compression.

●Brahampal .S (November 2015). Multimedia Challenges Issues Inventions &

Multimedia Applications.