DocumentCode :
3488224
Title :
Integration of value-added audio playback capacity into computer network
Author :
Poon, Sui-Meng ; Tan, Eng-Chong ; Wahab, Abdul
Author_Institution :
Div. of Comput. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
fYear :
1995
fDate :
3-7 Jul 1995
Firstpage :
632
Lastpage :
636
Abstract :
Multimedia PCs with audio and video capabilities are used as information kiosks to provide entertainment multimedia information services to users and visitors on the NTU campus. The paper describes the development of a prototype multimedia information kiosk that incorporates the capabilities of recording an playback of FM radio programmes in a network environment. The system includes a dedicated server program that is capable of recording requested radio programmes. Subsequently, all network multimedia PCs will be able to access these recorded sound files via a user friendly interface which allows them to select and playback any of the pre-recorded FM radio programmes. The server makes use of the existing file services in the network for transmitting audio information. The file services allow a client PC residing anywhere within the network to access the contents of a particular file in the server. To playback the sound files, the MCI (multimedia control interface) services provided by Microsoft Windows 3.1 are also used extensively. With this interface, several sound controls such as play, pause, forward, rewind as well as recordings are made available
Keywords :
computer networks; file servers; frequency modulation; microcomputer applications; microcomputers; multimedia communication; radio receivers; user interfaces; FM radio programmes; MCI services; Microsoft Windows 3.1; audio information transmission; computer network; dedicated server program; entertainment; file services; multimedia PC; multimedia control interface; multimedia information kiosk; multimedia information services; network environment; playback; recorded sound files; recording; user friendly interface; value added audio playback; video; Audio recording; Computer networks; Condition monitoring; Digital multimedia broadcasting; File servers; Network servers; Personal communication networks; Prototypes; Video recording; Video sharing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Networks, 1995. Theme: Electrotechnology 2000: Communications and Networks. [in conjunction with the] International Conference on Information Engineering., Proceedings of IEEE Singapore International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2579-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/SICON.1995.526365
Filename :
526365
Link To Document :
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