Monday, 21 May 2012

Medium Of Delivery

COMMON MEDIUMS

Generally, there are two very common mediums used in delivering multimedia contents.
First, multimedia can be delivered through Web pages. Thus, this kind of content is said to be a Web-based multimedia.
Secondly, multimedia can be delivered through compact discs. Therefore, the multimedia content is said to be a CD-based multimedia.


WEB-BASED MULTIMEDIA

Web-based multimedia is a combination of multimedia technology and Internet technology. Web-based multimedia is popular nowadays.
In the past, Web pages were filled only with static texts and graphics as there were problems in downloading large multimedia files through the Internet.
Downloading a video file could take a long time as it is large.

MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY IN THE INTERNET
Now, with the advancement of both technologies, most Web pages integrate elements like text, graphic, audio, video and animation.
These dynamic elements make the process of distributing information through the Internet more interesting and effective to the user.
There are a lot of multimedia software including plug-ins, players and browsers used in the Internet. These software allow better quality multimedia programs to be stored and viewed.


Apart from using the software, the quality of a multimedia program received will still depend on the Internet facilities that the user has.

CD-BASED MULTIMEDIA

CDs like CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory) have been used  to store and deliver multimedia content.
CDs are usually used with computers. An improvement of the CD-ROM is the Blu-ray disc which can store better quality video.
However, the main problem in using CD-ROMs as a medium is that, it can be costly as it takes a long time to produce a complete multimedia program.

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WEB-BASED AND CD-BASED 
MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS


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