Delivery of Multimedia Application Preparing for Delivery l

Delivery of Multimedia Application

Preparing for Delivery l Prepare your files – easily transferred from your media to the user’s platform l Install special system and run-time files l Need to provide a single program that acts as an installation routine – Mindvision’s Installer Vise – Aladdin’s Installer. Maker

Preparing for Delivery l Important to provide well-written documentation about installation process – Step-by-step procedure to follow – Also include a discussion of potential problems – Platform requirements to avoid unnecessary problem – README. TXT

File Archives l Compressing file – Less time to transmit via network l Archive – One or more files can be compressed into a single file l Self-extracting archives are useful for delivering projects on disks – Disk. Doubler, Stuff. It Deluxe, Win. Zip

Audio and Video Streaming Audio file is broken up into smaller pieces (streams) and then sent from the server to the client’s machine, the browser on the client’s machine uses a helper application (like Real Audio) to re-assemble the audio stream. l Advantage l – No waiting (or very little) from the time the mouse is clicked until the time the sounds starts playing Key providers: Real Networks, Apple and Microsoft l 8 Khz (2. 5 KB/s), 16 KHz (5 KB/s) l