. Note that the course is published for self-education only. This is not a public offer of author-assisted learning, so do not expect your questions on multimedia ("Where can I find the JPEG-LS source code?" or "How the motion vectors on my DVD-Video disc were calculated?" for example) to be answered.
Invocom project partners are allowed to COPY this course into their servers ONLY FOR EDUCATIONAL purposes. The authors of this course have to be informed about the copying operation and link to copied materials has to be returned to the authors of this course. ALTERING course material is PROHIBITED without written permission, except translations to official languages of partner institutions. The authors of this course have to be informed about translation and translated version should be returned to authors of this course. Any modified version of any item of project educational materials belongs to the first author.
All other educational institutions are allowed to COPY the course material to their servers, for educational purposes only. The authors of this course have to be informed about the copying operation and link to copied materials has to be returned to the authors of this course. ALTERING course material is PROHIBITED without written permission (there is no exceptions: even translation to other languages is prohibited).
COMMERCIAL USE OF THIS MATERIAL IS STRIGHTLY PROHIBITED for everybody.
All texts and most of illustrations on theory pages have been created by the course authors. Other illustrations have been collected during many years of classical educational lectures preparations; identifying their authors is currently impossible. If you are an author of any material used here, please inform us immediately.
All image and video source data used in this course come from a set of test data exchanged by science community without any notes on copyrights. An example is the Image Database at University of Southern California. An exception is only the famous Lena image, also a widely used standard test image, which is a part of digitized Playboy centerfold. Read the full story.
A few audio excerpts come from the following commercial recordings:
- "orchestral music" - "A Chorus Line medley" by Marvin Hamlisch, Dallas Wind Symphony Orchestra, © Reference Recordings, RR-62CD, 1995
- "jazz music" - "Fugue No. 5 in D major" by J. S. Bach, Jacques Loussier trio, © Telarc, CD-83411, 1993
- "rock music" - "Salvation", The Cranberries, © Island Records Inc., 1996
Additionally,
- "female voice" - comes from "EBU Sound Quality Assessment Material", © European Broadcast Union SQAM-CD
Small pictures used to identify sounds are altered versions of the material found on pages:
All these pictures are used only for illustrative purposes; all IPR belong to the original picture authors as stated at the original web-pages.
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