Introduction to Web Multimedia

Ang multimedia (Multimedia) ay tinutukoy sa mga litrato, tinig, musika, animasyon at video.

Ang mga modernong web browser ay sumusuporta sa iba't ibang format ng multimedia.

Ano ang multimedia?

Ang multimedia ay ang lahat ng bagay na maaari nating makita at marinig: teksto, mga libro, mga litrato, musika, tinig, CD, video, DVD, dokumento, pelikula at iba pa.

Multimedia exists in many ways. On the internet, you will find many elements embedded in web pages, and today's web browsers already support a variety of multimedia formats.

In this tutorial, you will learn about different multimedia formats and how to use them on your web pages.

Browser Support

The first batch of internet browsers only supported text and were even limited to a single color and a single font.

Subsequent web browsers supported color, fonts, and text styles, and added support for images.

Different browsers handle sound, animation, and video in different ways. Some elements are handled inline, some require plugins, and some require ActiveX controls.

You will learn about this in the following chapters.

Multimedia Format

Multimedia elements (such as sound or video) are stored in media files.

The most common way to identify the media type is to view the file extension.

When the browser knows the file extension is .htm or .html, it assumes the file is an HTML page. The .xml suffix indicates an XML file, while the .CSS suffix indicates a stylesheet.

Image formats are identified by the .gif or .jpeg suffixes.

Multimedia elements also have file formats with different suffixes.

In the following chapters, you will learn more about the knowledge of media file extensions.