MU4301 Video and Audio Processing Syllabus:

MU4301 Video and Audio Processing Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

After the completion of the course students will be able to:
 Understand the basic of sound fundamental process.
 Design and construct the audio-amplifier with various controls
 Understand about comprehensive of television systems.
 Understand the analysis and synthesis of TV pictures, Composite Video Signal, Receiver Picture Tubes and Television Camera Tubes and the principles of Monochrome Television Transmitter and Receiver systems
 Understand advanced topics in Television systems and Video Engineering
 Evaluate and solve fault of different section in television receiver

UNIT I ELEMENTS, PRINCIPLES AND THEORIES OF DESIGN

The Physics of Sound – Sound and the Ear – The Cochlea – Mental Processes – Level and Loudness – Pitch – Frequency Response and Linearity – Audio Level Metering –The Decibel in Acoustics – Acoustic Intensity Level – Acoustic Power Level -Acoustic Pressure Level, Inverse Square Law, The VU and the Volume Indicator Instrument – The Phon, Velocity of Sound – Reflection and Refraction – Absorption -Root Mean Square Measurements – selection of sound absorbing materials -Architectural Acoustics.

UNIT II DIGITAL AUDIO

Digital Audio Fundamentals, Audio Compression, Disk-Based Recording, Rotary Head Digital Recorders, The basics of Magnetic Recording, Mixers, PA Systems & Installations, Digital Consoles, Digital Audio Broadcasting, Stereophony and Multichannel Sound.

UNIT III AUDIO PROCESSING AND CODING

Digitization of Audio: PCM, ADPCM – Waveform Audio File Format – Synthetic Sounds – Musical Instrument Digital Interface – Vocoders – MPEG Audio – MP3 – Advance Audio Coding – High-Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding – MPEG4 – Home Theatre Systems.

UNIT IV VIDEO FUNDAMENTALS

Basic Concepts and Terminology – Analog Video Standards – Digital Video Basics – Analog-to Digital Conversion – Color Representation and Chroma Sub Sampling – Video Sampling Rate and Standards Conversion – Digital Video Formats –Video Features – Colour, Shape and Textural Features

UNIT V MOTION ESTIMATION AND VIDEO SEGMENTATION

Fundamentals of Motion Estimation – Optical Flow – 2D and 3D Motion Estimation – Block Based Point Correspondences – Gradient Based Intensity Matching – Feature Matching – Frequency Domain Motion Estimation – Video Segmentation.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

CO1 Explain the fundamental principles of audio elements
CO2 Apply different kind of digital audio techniques
CO3 Choose and analyze suitable audio coding for a given media application.
CO4 Explain the principles of Video elements
CO5 Apply the functions of motion estimation and video segmentation in media application

TOTAL:45 PERIODS

REFERENCES

1. Ranjan Parekh, “Principles of Multimedia”, McGraw-Hill, Second Edition,2017.
2. Audio and Video Systems(Second Edition) – R.G.Gupta, McGraw Hill Education Limited
3. Fundamentals of Image, Audio, and Video Processing Using MATLAB, Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 2021
4. Essential Guide to Digital Video – John Watkinson, Snell & Wilcox Inc. Publication.
5. John W. Woods, Multidimensional Signal, Image, And Video Processing And Coding”, Academic Press, 2006