TELECOM

Video Everywhere

Nº 1901
DATE: CALL
PRICE NIS: 1270 + VAT
DURATION: 1 Day

Course Overview:

This seminar is meant to integrate engineers into the world of video: introducing compression, streaming and buffering, how does a Kodak operate and what are the different multimedia files. The seminar will display various ways and protocols of video transferring from a distinct server to a client and introduce ways to improve performance by utilizing CDN networks.

Who should attend?

Engineers, team leaders, development managers, product managers who wish to enter the video field or deepen their competence in this arena.

Prerequisities:

There is no mathematic prerequisite or additional background knowledge in video necessary. It is recommended to have some basic Communication Protocol understanding (TCP, UDP, IP) but not as a requirement.

Course Outline:

1. Introduction – where is video over IP Today?

IPTVdedicated networks, UGC Flash, Video streaming, Live Video conferencing
Who is doing what

2. Media Streaming essentials – (0.75 hr)

Coding, Storage, Streaming, Playing, CDN
Tech-Terms: Encoder, Decoder, Tran coder, File-Format, Streaming

3. VoD Streaming requirements – comparison to home video recorder – (30min)

Transport, Transport Control, Remote Control, Capability exchange, Content Description

4. Video coding and streaming standard landscape – (30 min)

ITU, MPEG, IETF, 3GPP, ISMA, Standardization trends

5. Video coding – (1 hr)

Encoder Features: Quality vs BR, functionality, interoperability, error resiliency,
Common Formats: MPEG2, MP3, MPEG4, H264, WMV, Flash VP6

6. Streaming protocols – (1 hr)

RTP – Real Time Transport Protocol, Application Level Framing
RTCP – Synchronization and reports
RTSP – Internet Remote Control
SDP- Session description and capability exchange
RMTP – transport protocol of flash video

7. Content Digestion and Storage

RAW Media
Synchronized A/V: RIFF, MPEG2 PS/TS
Object Oriented FF: MOV and MPEG4
Content Digestion: Feature extraction, media description for search and advertisement
Side information: Content Description, Hint tracks, virtual tracks

8. Streaming architecture

Streaming server (Storage, hinting, RTP, RTSP, RTCP, Caching)
Client Side Player (RTP, RTSP, JB, Decoders, Lip sync)
Proxy Server

9. Summary

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