160 likes | 281 Vues
JISC / NSF All Projects Meeting - 25/6/2002. Greg Newton-Ingham| MAAS - Head of the National Advisory Service for Moving Pictures and Sound. Overview. Selection Acquisition Encoding Management and Storage Delivery Use Issues. MAAS. MAAS - Managing Agent & Advisory Service
E N D
JISC / NSF All Projects Meeting - 25/6/2002 Greg Newton-Ingham|MAAS - Head of the National Advisory Service for Moving Pictures and Sound
Overview • Selection • Acquisition • Encoding • Management and Storage • Delivery • Use • Issues
MAAS • MAAS - Managing Agent & Advisory Service • BUFVC (www.bufvc.ac.uk) • BUND • TRILT • MIG • Hermes • Researchers Guide On-Line • Off-Air backup service • Courses, Conferences & Publications
Strategy • AV Content + Technology + Users = Learning • All three components need to be present and work • Strategy = Investing resources before they are required for service
Goals • Video and Audio as first class citizens • Pervasive • High Quality
Moving Image Issues • Content destruction • No national catalogue • No statutory deposit • Scholarly use is different
Selection • Peer Review • Content Experts • Rights Owners • Use Driven
Acquisition • Mother License • Rights Negotiations • Content Formats • Local content • Live Content
Encoding • Bureau • Regional Expertise • Quicktime & Windows Media • Today - 352 x 288 @ 768Kbits/sec inc. audio • Re-Encoding
Management & Storage • Data Centres • Integrated National Approach • Bibliographic Search Tools (e.g. Z39.50) • Management, Storage and Delivery are distinct
Delivery • JANET - 10G now • Content Delivery Architecture • 8 Core POPs • Hierarchical Delivery • Wan -> Man -> Lan -> Pan
QoS - Quality of Service • Movies need (end to end): • Low Latency - <100ms total budget • Low Jitter - < 10ms (MPEG) • Quality (Low error rate) • Allocated Bandwidth (768Kbps, 1.5M, 2M, 5M)
Net - Institutional • Awareness Raising • Network Design • Server & Client Placement
Use • Teaching • Research • Business Support • Social Use • Anti-Social Use
Issues - Lessons Learning • Content in various forms • Content negotiations is neither cheap nor straightforward • We do not know how content will be used all exploring together • Different to bibliographic content
DNER - Future Watch • Digital Asset Management • ISMA Specifications • MPEG-2 (4:2:2P ML - When stable) • MPEG-4 (When available widely) • Metadata • US-MARC + DOI + INDECS • DAM & DRM Systems