Placement of data on a CD-ROM for seamless multimedia applications.

Title: Placement of data on a CD-ROM for seamless multimedia applications.
Identifier: AAI9304659
identifier: 9304659
Creator: Fernandez, Sergio A.
Contributor: Adviser: T. C. Wesselkamper
Date: 1992
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Computer Science
Abstract: This dissertation studies and proposes solutions to the problems that arise in performing multimedia applications in small Disk Operating System (DOS) based, personal computers using a Compact Disk Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) as the delivery mechanism.;The problems dealt with in this dissertation are principally due to the small Random Access Memory (RAM) capacity of the DOS, and the long time that a CD-ROM takes to access a particular sector (seek time).;The memory problem is addressed by an anticipatory paging Multimedia Storage Management system (MSM). The slow seek time of the CD-ROM is handled by an algorithm that places data on the CD-ROM, thus minimizing seeks. The placement of data is done in two steps: first, a compiler creates a sequential files containing sound and images. After that is done, a linker links the sequential files together. Finally, a Multimedia Performer plays multimedia seamless applications.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.