Synchronization
Many multimedia products are local systems that do not support any communication of audio and video data and do not accept inputs in the form of audio and motion picture signals from distributed sources. Normally, these systems support only few and simple
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Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH
Ralf Steinmetz Klara N ahrstedt
Multimedia Systems With 172 Figures
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Ralf Steinmetz Technische Universităt Darmstadt
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Merckstr.25 64238 Darmstadt, Germany [email protected] Klara Nahrstedt University of Illinois Department of Computer Science 1304 West Springfield A venue Urbana, IL 61801 [email protected]
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Preface
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ultimedia Applications and Systems are an increasingly common part of our everyday lives--emerging mobile terminals which can display pictures and video data, DVD players in the home, downloadable games, streaming in the Internet, radio stations on the World Wide Web-are just a few examples. These applications and systems are becoming an integral part of our heterogeneous computing and communication environment. Over the last decade, we have experienced an explosive growth of multimedia computing, communication, and applications (World Wide Web, conferencing, digital entertainment, etc.) which provide not just text and images but also video, audio, and other continuous media. In the future, all computers and networks will contain multimedia devices. They will also require appropriate processing and communication support to provide seamless and ubiquitous services and protocols for the relevant multimedia applications. This book is one of three closely related volumes which aim to cover the whole area of multimedia technology and its applications: The first volume (Ralf Steinmetz, Klara Nahrstedt
