2017/18 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
ELEC5611M Digital Media Engineering
15 creditsClass Size: 60
Module manager: Dr C Trayner
Email: C.Trayner@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2017/18
This module is mutually exclusive with
ELEC3612 | Digital Media Engineering |
This module is not approved as an Elective
Objectives
To provide students with a knowledge and understanding of modern digital formats for audio and video. Students will learn how modern technology is employed for the processing of digital signals and how content is broadcast or distributed securely using broadband networks.Learning outcomes
One completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the principles and details of the compression and distribution of digital audio and video.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the principles and details of digital television, in particular the DVB-T system.
Syllabus
- Image and video formats, transmission, compression and display.
- Digital Distribution and Broadcasting.
- Video/audio compression and distribution formats, in particular JPEG and MPEG.
- The importance of formats in modern digital media.
- The DVB-T and DVB-T2 systems.
- COFDM as used by DVB-T, including QAM (in outline only) and pulse width in relation to carrier spacing.
- Issues of signal corruption including the path from transmitter to receiver and the amelioration of this corruption.
- Outline of error correction as used by DVB-T.
- The importance and nature of metadata as applied to digital media.
Teaching methods
Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
Lecture | 20 | 1.00 | 20.00 |
Practical | 4 | 3.00 | 12.00 |
Private study hours | 118.00 | ||
Total Contact hours | 32.00 | ||
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150.00 |
Private study
Reading lecture notes and textbook(s)Practice exam questions and revision
Extensive work on computer-based mini-project.
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Students' learning will be monitored through their progress in the computer-based digital media mini-project.Methods of assessment
Coursework
Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
Computer Exercise | Project | 15.00 |
Assignment | Essay | 15.00 |
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 30.00 |
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Exams
Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 3 hr | 70.00 |
Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 70.00 |
Re-sits for ELEC modules are subject to the rules in the School’s Code of Practice on Assessment. Students should be aware that, for some modules, a re-sit may only be conducted on an internal basis (with tuition) in the next academic session.
Reading list
There is no reading list for this moduleLast updated: 26/04/2017
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