Springe direkt zu Inhalt

Digital Video

Digital Video became a major part of media communication in recent years. Besides entertainment, video technology manages to explain even complex issues in spite of regional and chronological limitations. This is why Digital Video is an increasing assistance for teaching and information brokerage. Participants of this course will deal with aspects of this phenomenon and learn how to use Digital Video for preparing and sharing information. 

(19608)

TypeFachkurs
InstructorFelix Daub
RoomK 040 Multimedia Room
StartJan 10, 2014 | 10:00 AM
endMar 14, 2014 | 04:00 PM

Student Profile

Computer Science (Bachelors/Masters) and Minors.


Dear Students,

Thank you for your interest in the Digital Video seminar. Registration and chosing of topic will be open until end of January. 

Please find deadlines and our current status (-->) marked in red underneath and details for crediting/grading at the end of this page.  

If you have further questions or any other concerns, don't hesitate to contact me: Königin-Luise-Str. 24-26 (room no. 105c), or: felix.daub@fu-berlin.de.

Best of luck for your exams!

Felix Daub


DEADLINES 2014: Jan. 10 (10-12h): Introduction and chosing of topics in room K 040 --> Jan. 10 - Mar. 3: Students' own research and preparation  Mar. 3 - 7: Submission of students' presentations and feedback  Mar. 10-14 (10-16h): Digital Video seminar in room K 040 Mar. 28: Submission deadline for written assignments

 

TOPICS:

  • BMP and JPEG: from analog pictures/films to digital pictures/moving pictures
  • MPEG-1 and V-CD: from JPEG-compression to digital video
  • Overview and functionality of (current) compression methods: f.e. Huffman, DCT, Fraktal, Wavelet…
  • Overview and functionality of (current) compression methods: (COmpressor-DECompressor, CODec-DECodec): CinePak, MS Video1, Hufyuv, M-JPEG, MPEG4-1/2/3, DivX, MS V8, MS VC1,H.264 ...
  • Overview and functionality of (current) container formats: avi, mov (Quicktime), rm (RealVideo), wmv (WinMedia Video), mpg, mp4, divX, Xvid, Ogg, Matroska...
  • MPEG-2 and DVD
  • MP3 or MPEG Audio Layer
  • MPEG-4 and Blue-Ray-Disc, and video/audio-spezifications
  • MPEG-4 MVC and 3D
  •  
  • MPEG-7
  • MPEG-21
  • The VLC Media Framework
  • Multimedia Architectures: Quicktime, Windows, MPlayer
  •  
  • Up- and Downloading, Filesharing/BitTorrent-Technik
  • Video Streaming Technology, Live-Streaming
  • G-Streamer (Win, MacOS X, Androids)
  • Adobe Flash, Flash Video
  • HTML-5 Video
  •  
  • Web and TV
  • DVB, HbbTV, Smart TV (Benjamin Aschenbrenner und Tu Tran Ngoc)
  • Hypervideo (Luisa Fernanda Castano Jurado)
  • WebTV and Linked Data 
  •  
  • Youtube 
  • Other online-video-platforms
  • Platforms/WebTV of institutional content provider/broadcaster (myvideo, RTLnow, ZDF Mediathek)
  • Illegal video- and streaming platforms
  • Use/development of up-/downloading and streaming (comparative analysis)
  • NUse/development of online video (paid content, ad-based TV/Movie, illegal use)
  •  
  • Digital Cinema
  • Digital Television
  •  
  • Freeware / Open Source - comparative analysis of video software
  • Windows Movie Maker in comparison to other tools
  • iMovie in comparison to other tools
  • Adobe Premiere (Viviane Hüttemann)
  • After Effects, Final Cut, Pinnacle, Magix …

 

3 ECTS: Certificates and grading criteria 

  • Regular and active participation
  • Presentation (45 mins.) and exercise or discussion in cooperation with lecturer. Feedback and submission of the presentation prior to the seminar. 
  • Written/digital assignment related to presentation (approx. 5 - 15 pages, 10 on average). Submission of the written assignment prior to the end of semester.
  • Please see PDF of Professor Tolksdorf, details for presentations and scientific assignments.

As far as all criteria is completed, students will receive a certificate including 3 credit points (ECTS). Students may use these credits for their Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, and for their Master Degree in Computer Science as Applied Computer Science ("1"), as ABV for their Diploma in Applied Computer Science, and for their Educational Degree "E-Learning" and "E-Learning/Digital Video". The course may also be part of the individual or major coursework for Bachelor Degrees. Participants of other disciplines are requested to ask their departments for accountability.