The term multi-media is commonly used to describe computer audio-and-video applications. Currently there are a number of developments in the electronics industry that will transform how these applications are delivered and used:
The increasing availability of high speed network interfaces (for example gigabit Ethernet as standard on many motherboards of common computing machines),
the increasing availability of 64-bit processors and related graphics processors at affordable prices,
the increasing availability high-speed (so called broad-band) Internet connection.
Linux applications are set to benefit enormously from these developments. Here are some of the reasons:
Networking is standard within the Linux kernel, high-speed network drivers for Linux are readily available.
Linux support for 64-bit processors from the AMD-hammer to the superH5 has been in place since the release of the 2..6 kernel series.
There are many network-audio programs for Linux.
Although the network-intrinsic X-window system does not include audio, new X-video applications (i.e. network-based integrated sound and vision) are being developed.
Digital video on Linux including digital television and digital video-broadcasting has undergone substantial redesign and developments over the last few years.
We are pleased to offer an introductory course of 5 seminars (one-and-half days). This course will be particularly useful for those in the hotel-industry or in broadcasting would require familiarisation with Linux at the kernel and applications level. The course centres around the elements in the figure below.
Figure linux-multimedia1: Elements of the b-lux introductory multimedia-on-Linux course.
The course consists of 5 seminars and includes the following:
Using CAT5E, CAT6 and optical fibre cables for gigabit networks,
using commercial Linux distributions for audio and video applications,
creating optimised kernels and distributions for audio and video applications on 64-bit machines,
using networked X-video,
configuring network audio with,
EsounD,
NAS and others,
For information about Linux resources (books, machines and interface cards) available from Basis Volume please browse the
b-vol website. and click on b-vIT.
