A study into the abstraction and integration of hardware and software for accelerated product development in a broadcast environment

The research undertaken for this thesis investigates some of the engineering challenges Snell & Wilcox and AmberFin are facing as the companies adapt to creating products for the IT-based workflows being used by modern broadcasters. The research topics include the Material eXchange Format (MXF), multimedia processing frameworks, grid computing, cluster computing, and software optimisation. The key outcomes of this research are implementations of some of the advanced features of MXF, a report into multimedia processing frameworks, a review of grid technologies, an architecture for cluster-based distributed video processing, and a study into optimising software simulations of hardware algorithms.

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

EngD

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Heriot-Watt, and Strathclyde

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Harris, Timothy Alan

• T Technology (General)
• TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering

DOI dc:identifier.doi

https://doi.org/10.5525/gla.thesis.758

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:theses.gla.ac.uk:758