CS 414 Students Showcase IPTV Systems

4/30/2009

four finalist teams test systems in 2 different scenarios

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In a competition on Friday, May 1, students in the CS 414: Multimedia Systems class will showcase the IPTV systems they developed. In a culmination of the semester's coursework, four finalist teams will test their systems in 2 different scenarios and be judged on audio-visual synchronization, GUI design, and channel switching.

The 414 course covers topics ranging from organization and structure of modern multimedia systems; audio and video encoding; QoS concepts; synchronization schemes; user-interface design; and multimedia teleservices. This semester's course also included a team project to design and build a working IPTV system. IPTV uses the Internet Protocol over a network infrastructure to deliver digital television service.

The IPTV project provided students with an opportunity to incorporate all of the concepts covered in the course in a practical application. Project teams were tasked to design and build a working IPTV system that provides audio-visual synchronization, an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI) to enable users to select, pause, restart, or switch their viewing selections, and that enables smooth switching between different viewing options. In a pre-competition, 4 project teams were selected to move on to the final competition.

Students in the class built their projects in the Pavlov Media Lab at the Siebel Center. The Pavlov Media Lab, generously donated by engineering alumnus and founder of Pavlov Media Mark Scifres, provides students with multimedia workstations, video capture, display, and editing software, image processing software, and other state-of-the-art tools to create new multimedia systems and services.


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This story was published April 30, 2009.