Streaming Media Tools and Technologies detailed syllabus for Computer Science & Design (CSD) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the CSD students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Computer Science & Design 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit CSD 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VII scheme and its subjects refer to CSD Professional Elective-VII syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of streaming media tools and technologies is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
BASICS OF AUDIO AND VIDEO STREAMING
Introduction – IP networks – World wide web – Video formats – Video compression – Audio compression
Unit II
BASICS OF STREAMING MEDIA
Introduction to streaming media – Video streaming – Audio Streaming – Stream serving – Live web casting – Media Players
Unit III
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Unit IV
STREAMING STAGES AND TOOLS
Broadcasting Area – setting up your home studio – Preparing stage – starting your first video broadcast – Top live streaming third party apps : vMix v.2x – OBS studio – FFSplit – VidBalsterX -Xsplit – ManyCam – Wirecast v.7 studio
Unit V
STREAMING SERVICES
Software as a Service websites – Top 7 live streaming websites: Light stream – Smiletime -BlueJeans – BeLive Tv – Vidpresso Live -Zoom w webinar addon – Crowdcast
Practical Experments
- Use any popular open source tool like HandBrake to compress, modify format and other attributes of audio and video.
- Set up a DLNA service for streaming media from windows 10
- Implement media casting using Google Cast SDK on TV like device
- Setup streaming media servers using open sources tools like kodi, Stremio etc.,
- Use any Screen Capture software tools like OBS studio, FFsplit etc., to create live video streaming and broadcasting.
- Create simple live webcast
- Create an example tutorial content by combing the tutor with screen capture using any of the tools and make them available for streaming
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- David Austerberry, The Technology of Audio and Video Streaming, Second Edition, Taylor and Francis 2013.
- Lenald Best, Best’s Guide to Live Stream Video Broadcasting, BCB Live Teaching series, 2017.
Reference Books:
- Helen M Heneveld Audio, Video and Streaming Media Technologies, Smart Home and office technologies, 2018.
- Yun-Qing Shi, Image And Video Compression For Multimedia Engineering Fundamentals Algorithms And Standards, Taylor & Francis,2019
- Jim Simpson, Audio, Video, and Streaming Media Technologies BOOK, McGraw-Hill, Bedrock Learning, E-book.
- Tay Vaughan, Multimedia: Making it Work, McGraw Hill Education, Ninth Edition, 2017.
- Lenald Best, Best’s Guide to Live Stream Video Broadcasting, BCB Live Teaching series, 2017.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Computer Science & Design 6th Sem, visit CSD 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Computer Science & Design results, visit Anna University CSD all semester results direct link.