Multimedia and the Institutional Multimedia and the Institutional NetworkNetwork

Greg Newton-InghamGreg Newton-Ingham

Agora Project Manager - UEAAgora Project Manager - UEA

Who am I?Who am I?

Project Manager - Agora eLib project Project Manager - Agora eLib project Project Manager - Moving Image Pilot Project Manager - Moving Image Pilot

Project (Jan 98 - Mar 99)Project (Jan 98 - Mar 99) Member of the CEI working group on Member of the CEI working group on

moving imagesmoving images Project Manager - BITE TLTP project Project Manager - BITE TLTP project

phase 1phase 1

OverviewOverview

ContentContent UseUse TechnologyTechnology

ContentContent

NationalNational Locally producedLocally produced PurchasedPurchased

RightsRights

Who ?Who ? What ?What ? Where ?Where ? When ?When ?

UseUse

Practicalities - SoundPracticalities - Sound Access to technologyAccess to technology No established toolsNo established tools

TechnologyTechnology

SourceSource DigitiseDigitise MountMount DeliverDeliver PlayPlay

SourceSource

FilmFilm VideoVideo GeneratedGenerated StreamedStreamed DownloadedDownloaded

Metadata - The GlueMetadata - The Glue

MetadataMetadata– SIFTSIFT– Dublin CoreDublin Core– XML & RDFXML & RDF

IntegrationIntegration– LibrariesLibraries– IntranetIntranet– Course materialsCourse materials

DigitiseDigitise

ArchitecturesArchitectures File FormatsFile Formats CodecsCodecs

File Formats & CompressionFile Formats & Compression

COmpressor DE-Compressor

File Formats

File EncodingFile Encoding

AVIAVI QuickTimeQuickTime MPEGMPEG DVDV Any propriety formatAny propriety format

CodecsCodecs

AsymmetricAsymmetric MPEG1- VCR quality at 1.3 MbpsMPEG1- VCR quality at 1.3 Mbps MPEG2 - DVD and Digital TV (4 to 6 Mbps)MPEG2 - DVD and Digital TV (4 to 6 Mbps) MPEG3 - DefunctMPEG3 - Defunct MPEG Layer 3 - AudioMPEG Layer 3 - Audio MPEG4 - Quicktime architecture + codecMPEG4 - Quicktime architecture + codec MPEG7 - The future?MPEG7 - The future? CinepakCinepak Sorrenson …Sorrenson …

MountMount

Server performanceServer performance SizeSize

Datasizes - Just the BBC archiveDatasizes - Just the BBC archive

BBC HoursBBC Hours 1,000,0001,000,000

MegabitsMegabits 18,000,000,00018,000,000,000 MegabytesMegabytes 2,250,000,0002,250,000,000 GigabytesGigabytes 2,197,2652,197,265 TerrabytesTerrabytes 21452145 PetabytesPetabytes 2.092.09

Deliver 1Deliver 1

Network ArchitectureNetwork Architecture Contention v Constant Bit RateContention v Constant Bit Rate Quality of ServiceQuality of Service

Deliver 2Deliver 2

StreamedStreamed Live StreamedLive Streamed Down loadedDown loaded

PlayPlay

Network connectionNetwork connection Internal ArchitectureInternal Architecture Video CardVideo Card

The VisionThe Vision

moving images as first class citizensmoving images as first class citizens fully integrated into the DNERfully integrated into the DNER

(Distributed National Electronic Resource)(Distributed National Electronic Resource)

pervasivepervasive unremarkableunremarkable globalglobal

Strategy: PersonalStrategy: Personal

delivery technologydelivery technology rightsrights costscosts usageusage

Strategy: InstitutionalStrategy: Institutional

digital asset managementdigital asset management– MIS, Teaching and ResearchMIS, Teaching and Research

quality of servicequality of service bandwidthbandwidth supportsupport

StrategyStrategy: Inter-: Inter-institutionalinstitutional

market creationmarket creation partnershipspartnerships product differentiationproduct differentiation bandwidthbandwidth

Blatant PlugsBlatant Plugs

One day workshop at the BUFVC October One day workshop at the BUFVC October 5th approx 60 pounds.5th approx 60 pounds.

Email: Hetty@bufvc.ac.ukEmail: Hetty@bufvc.ac.uk

Email list:bufvc-movies@mailbase.ac.ukEmail list:bufvc-movies@mailbase.ac.uk

http://www.bufvc.ac.uk/http://www.bufvc.ac.uk/