MEDIA 2009 - Streaming Technologies for Web Broadcasting

The class will be kept at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of Tirana. Bulevardi Zogu 1, Lab. 201.

Programme

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Day 1: Multimedia Technologies for Network Broadcasting

Tue - June 23, Morning (H 10.00 – 13.00)

1. Presentation of th eparticipants - overview of the training course
2. Basics on image/audio/video compression
   1. audio and video codec (code / decode)
3. Basics of real-time delivery of multimedia
   1. Interlacing
   2. Progressive Download vs. Streaming
   3. IP Multicas
4. Existing Multimedia Technologies
   1. JPG format
   2. MPEG formats
   3. MP3 format
   4. Real technology
   5. QuickTime technology
   6. Microsoft Windows Media
   7. Xdiv /DivX format
   8. Open source codecs and containers
   9. Practice: Using formats – installing and using players
5. Popular software and Conversion tools and techniques
   1. Practice: Converting between formats
   2. Practice: Troubleshooting problems: missing codec (Gspot utility)

Afternoon

1. Adobe Macromedia Flash technology
2. Microsoft Silverlight technology
3. TekTank Video platform: Overview
4. Publishing a video
   1. Practice: Publishing a video on the Internet

Day 2: Publishing on the Web

Wed - June 24, Morning (H 10.00 – 13.00)

1. Web server basics
   1. Practice: Installing a development HTTP server
2. Ports, Firewall and Proxies
3. Content Management Systems
4. How to set-up and run a CMS: Wordpress
   1. Practice: Making a News site (installing Wordpress)
5. Customizing: Themes
6. Customizing: Plug-ins

Afternoon

1. FTP, SFTP and SCP protocols for data transfer, available free products
   1. Practice: Publishing your website on the web
   2. Practice: Transferring your CMS onto your provider’s web space
2. Project work

Day 3: Using Video Publishing Techniques

Thu - June 25, Morning (H 10.00 – 13.00)

1. You Tube platform
   1. Practice: Publishing
2. Google Video platform
   1. Practice: Publishing
3. The Flash Video (FLV) Format
   1. FLV Players
   2. Practice: Converting a video into the FLV format  with FFMPEG
   3. Practice: Publishing embedded FLV files
   4. Practice: Publishing a FLV file with a different player
   5. Practice: Publishing embedded Flash objects

Afternoon

1. Progressive download for MP3 files
   1. Practice: Publishing MP3 files for progressive download
2. Free and popular Flash Players
   1. Practice: Publishing a FLV file with a different player
3. Project work

Day 4: Analysing Feedback – Expanding possibilities

Fri - June 26, Morning (H 10.00 – 13.00)

1. Understanding usage statistics
2. Promoting your web site: Search Engines
3. Google Analytics
4. Social Networking
   1. RSS feeds
   2. Podcasting
   3. PodCasting and VideoCasting
   4. Forum vs. Mailing Lists
   5. Tagging
   6. WEB 2.0
   7. XML vs. HTML

Afternoon

1. Presentation of project works
2. Group discussion
3. Evaluations and results

Address:
University of Tirana
Faculty of Natural Sciences
The Department of Computer Sciences
Bulevardi Zogu 1, Tirane
Lab. 201.