Whatismultimedia?
Multimediaitselfhastwoaspects.Likeallmoderntechnologies,itiscomposedofhardwareandsoftware,oramixtureofmachinesandideas.Themultimediatechnologyandfunctionscanbeconceptuallydividedintocontrolsystemsandinformation.Therealizationofmultimediaisbasedondigitaltechnology.Multimediarepresentstheconvergenceofdigitalcontrolanddigitalmedia.Computersaredigitalcontrolsystems,anddigitalmediaisthemostadvancedformofstorageanddisseminationofaudioandvideotoday.
Infact,somepeoplesimplythinkthatmultimediaisacombinationofcomputerandTV.Thecomputer'sabilitytoprocessTVandaudiodatastreamsinrealtime,thenmultimediawasborn.
Media
Multimediacomputers
Multimediacomputersneedtohavestrongercapabilitiesthanmainstreamcomputers.Multimediacomputersdeterminethedevelopmentofmainstreamcomputers.ThemainthingthatdistinguishesordinarycomputersfrommultimediacomputersisthesoundcardandtheCD-ROMdrive.Opticaldiscsarethemainstorageandexchangemediaformultimedia.WithoutthisconvenientCD,thecomputerindustrycannotsellhundredsofmegabytesofaudio,visual,andtextdatathatmakeupmultimediaprograms,andyoucannotbuymultimedia.
Multimediainformation-MMS
MultimediainformationisalsocalledMMS,whichcancontaintext,picturesandaudioclips.IfthesizeoftheMMSexceedsthelimit(50k),thephonewillnotbeabletosend/receivethemessage.Dependingonnetworkconditions,youmaybeabletoreceivetextmessagescontainingInternetaddressesandviewMMSmessagesthroughthataddress.
Multimediareceivingandsendingconditions
IftheMMScontainsapicture,thephonewilladjustthepicturesothatitisfullydisplayedonthephonescreen.
Onlydeviceswithcompatiblemultimediamessagingoremailfunctionscanreceiveanddisplaymultimediamessages.
MMSisamultimediamessagingservicelaunchedbyChinaMobileCommunications.Itsbiggestfeatureisthatitsupportsmultimediafunctionsandcandeliverfull-featuredcontentandinformation,includingtext,image,soundandothermultimediaformatinformation.TheMMSservicecanrealizeinstantaneousend-to-endmobilephoneend-to-end,mobilephoneterminaltotheInternet,orInternettomobilephoneterminalmultimediainformationtransmission.
SupportedformatsofmultimediaMMS
1.Pictures:gif,jpeg,bmpandwbmp.
2.Sound:midi,smafandwavformats.
3.Text:txt
HowtomakeandtransmitmultimediaMMS
1.CreateandsendMMS
TosetupsendingandreceivingMMS,pleaseSeethe"MMSSettings"section.FortheavailabilityandapplicationmethodofMMSservice,pleaseconsultyournetworkserviceprovider.
2.Youcantapthe"Recipient"onthescreenandselecttherecipientonthephonebooklistscreen.Atthesametime,youcanalsosendMMStoyoure-mailaddress.Ortaptheblankspaceunder"To"topopupaninputscreen.Tapthenumberstocompletethephonenumberorotherinputmethodstocompletetheemailaddress.MMScanbesenttoagroupof5peopleatmost;
3.Clickontheblankspaceunder"Subject"toenterthesubjectoftheMMS;
4,clickon"Slide1",Afterentering,select"AddPicture","AddText"or"AddSound".Asshowninthefigurebelow:
5.Themobilephonesupportseditingofmulti-frameMMS,andyoucanaddordeleteaslideshow.Itcanbeincreasedtoamaximumof20slides.Atthispoint,click"Menu"toperformthefollowingfunctions:
1)Addpage:Addanotherslide.
2)Deletepage:Deleteaslide.
3)Previouspage:Youcanbrowsetheslideshowcontentofthepreviouspage.
4)Nextpage:Youcanbrowsethenextpageofslideshowcontent.
5)Timer:Youcansetthetimeintervalforautomaticallybrowsingthepreviousandnextpages.
6)Pictureandtextexchange:Exchangetheupperandlowerrelationsofpicturesandtextonthepage.
6.Click"AddPicture"andselectadirectory.Thedirectoriesareclassifiedintothreetypes:pictures,photosandphotostickers.Aftertapping"OK",thephonewillautomaticallysearchforalistofpicturesthatcanbeusedforsending.TapthenameofthedesiredpicturetoattachthepicturetotheMMSbeingedited.Thesizeofeachinsertedpicturecannotexceed30k;
7.Click"AddText"toenterthetexteditingscreen.Aftercompletingthetextinput,click"OK"toconfirm;
8.Click"AddSound"andthephonewillautomaticallysearchforsoundfilesthatcanbeusedforsending.TapthenameofthedesiredsoundfiletoattachthesoundfiletotheMMSbeingedited.Thesizeofeachinsertedsoundfilecannotexceed30k;
9.Afterediting,youcanclick"Return"toreturntotheMMSeditingscreen.Click"Preview"orclick"Menu",andthenselect"Preview"topreviewtheeffectoftheentireMMS.Atthistime,select"Details"fromthemenutoviewtherecipient,subject,size,andslideshowofthecurrentMMSNumberandtime.Aftereditingthemessage,youcanpreviewtheeffectoftheentireMMSandsenditimmediately.Ifyoudon’twanttosenditimmediately,youcanalsoselect"Save"andstoretheMMSinthe"DraftBox"forlatersending;
10.SendAmultimediamessagemaytakelongerthansendingatextmessage.Ifthesendingfails,theMMSwillremaininthe"Outbox"andyoucantrytosenditagain.
Viewmultimediainformation
(1)Undertheinformationmenuscreen,click"Inbox",thescreenlistsalltheinformationintheinbox,anddifferentinformationtypesareusedDifferenticonsindicate.TapacertainMMStoviewtheinformation;
(2)Inthemessagelistscreen,tap"Menu"toperformthefunctionsofreading,deletinganddeletingallmessages.Inthemessagereadingscreen,click"Menu"toperformthefollowingfunctions:
1)Play:YoucanplaytheentirecontentoftheMMS.
2)ReplytoMMS:YoucanreplyMMSdirectlytothesender.
3)ReplytoSMS:YoucanreplySMSdirectlytothesender.
4)Forward:Thisinformationcanbeforwardedtoothers.
5)Delete:Thismessagecanbedeleted.
6)Movetomyfolder:savetheMMStomyfolderanddeletetheoriginalrecord.
7)Extractnumber:Thesender'snumbercanbeextractedandstoredinthemobilephoneorsimcard.
(3)Select"Stop"whilereadingMMS,andthenclick"Menu"toperformthefollowingfunctions:
1)Previouspage:YoucanviewthepreviouspageofMMScontent.
2)Nextpage:YoucanviewthecontentofthenextpageofMMS.
3)Replay:MMScontentcanbereplayed.
4)Play:MMScontentcanbeplayed.
5)Saveimageas:SavethecurrentpictureintheMMSwithanewfilenametothe"Picture"folderin"Documents"or"Wallpaper"under"ScreenSettings".
6)Saveringtoneas:SavetheringtonecurrentlyplayingintheMMSwithanewfilenametothe"Sound"folderin"Documents"orthe"Phoneringtones"listunder"RingtoneSettings"middle.
Inbox,Outbox,SentBoxandDraftBox
"Inbox"containsreceivedinformation,includingshortmessages(sms),longshortmessages(ems)AndMMS(mms).
Theinformationstoredinthe"Outbox"isnotsuccessfullysent.
Ontheoutboxinformationlistscreen,click"Menu"toperformthefollowingfunctions:
1.Readinformation:Youcanviewthedetailsoftheunsentmessages,andatthesametimeThesoundandpictureofMMScanbesaved.
2.Delete:Deletethespecifiedunsentinformationfromtheoutbox.
3.Deleteall:Deletealltheinformationintheoutbox.
Click"Menu"inthedetailedscreenoftheoutboxtochecktheshortmessage,andthefollowingfunctionscanbeperformed:
1.Send:Sendtheshortmessagedirectly.
2.Edit:Re-edittheshortmessage.
3.Delete:DeletetheSMSintheoutbox.
4.Retrievethenumber:Therecipient’snumbercanberetrievedandstoredinthemobilephoneorsimcardandthenumbercanbecalled.
OntheMMSdetailedscreenintheOutbox,click"Menu"toperformthefollowingfunctions:
1.Play:YoucanplayMMSdirectly.
2.Edit:Re-edittheMMS.
3.Send:YoucanresendtheunsentMMS.
4.Delete:DeletetheMMSintheoutbox.
Othersituations
"SentMailbox"isusedtostoretheinformationthathasbeensuccessfullysentout.IftheMMSissettoautomaticstorage,itcanalsobesavedinthesentmailboxafteritissentsuccessfully.
Onthescreenofthesentmessagelist,click"Menu"toperformthefollowingfunctions:
1.Readthemessage:Youcanviewthedetailedcontentofthesentmessage,andatthesametimeThesoundandpictureofthemessagecanbesaved.
2.Delete:Deletetheselectedmessagethathasbeensentfromthesentmailbox.
3.Deleteall:deleteallsentmessages.
Click"Menu"onthedetailedscreenofthesentmailboxtoviewtheshortmessage,andthefollowingfunctionscanbeperformed:
1.Forwarding:Forwardtheshortmessagedirectlytootherpeople.
2.Delete:DeletetheSMSinthesentmailbox.
OntheMMSdetailedscreenofthesentmailbox,click"Menu"toperformthefollowingfunctions:
1.Forwarding:ResendthesentMMStootherspeople.
2.Delete:DeletetheMMSinthesentmailbox.
IftheautomaticsavefunctionisturnedoffintheMMSsettings,thesentMMSwillnotbesavedinthesentmailbox.
Draftbox"isusedtostoremessagestobesentlater.Intheprocessofeditingthemessage,ifthereisanincomingcallandconnected,ordirectlypressthe"on/offkey"toexitwhileediting,Thentheinformationwillbeautomaticallysavedinthedraftbox.
Onthedraftboxinformationlistscreen,click"Menu"toperformthefollowingfunctions:
1)Edit:EntereditMMSscreen,youcanviewthedetailedinformationstoredinthedraftbox.
2)Delete:deleteaselectedmessagefromthedraftbox.
3)Deleteall:Deletealltheinformationinthedraftbox.
Inordertoeffectivelyusethestoragespaceofthephone,pleaseperiodicallycleartheoldinformationinthe"sentmailbox".Ifthecurrentsystemfreespaceislessthan150k,
TheuserisonlyallowedtoplaythereceivedMMS.Operationssuchassending,saving,anddownloadingcannotbeperformed.