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+<concept id="GUID-E2252589-DCFB-5272-8FB3-701712D7F417" xml:lang="en"><title>Multimedia
+Quick Start</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>
+<p>This document provides entry points for readers seeking to understand the
+technology of the Symbian platform Multimedia module and its documentation. </p>
+<p>Symbian platform phones are typically loaded with multimedia gadgets such
+as cameras (for recording still and video images), radios, video and music
+players. The Multimedia module provides a means of accessing and controlling
+the hardware that drives these features. </p>
+<section id="GUID-CA3522A7-66A7-5D62-B9BB-03993CD62884"><title>Getting started
+with Multimedia</title> <p>Multimedia functionality is summarized below: </p> <p><b>Playing
+and Recording audio and video</b> </p> <p>You can write applications to play
+and record audio and video: </p> <p><b>Audio</b> </p> <ul>
+<li id="GUID-8A03FD08-FBFA-5B60-A898-41BB887ED991"><p>Play recorded audio
+files from a device using <xref href="GUID-D62A282E-9DEA-5EF3-A606-20647BC5049D.dita">Audio
+Client</xref>. </p> </li>
+<li id="GUID-1D730F97-1235-57DB-B05A-0E9E98EE3738"><p>Make audio recordings
+from the device using <xref href="GUID-D62A282E-9DEA-5EF3-A606-20647BC5049D.dita">Audio
+Client</xref>. </p> </li>
+<li id="GUID-570F84B8-FB2B-5441-B51A-223738580BFE"><p>Record streaming audio
+using <xref href="GUID-715E0EA4-8B3D-5DDF-B773-922E367B114F.dita">Streaming Audio
+Recorder</xref>. </p> </li>
+<li id="GUID-53C9CEEA-6C66-5F02-9DB8-DBB4E6B83333"><p>Play streaming audio
+using <xref href="GUID-68417158-D625-56BF-BDD5-BE49A7651CED.dita">Streaming Audio
+Player</xref>. </p> </li>
+</ul> <p><b>Video</b> </p> <ul>
+<li id="GUID-B4110157-E99B-5DCF-8D62-BB1BB2AFACBF"><p>Play recorded video
+files from a device using the <xref href="GUID-5F4510C9-5B16-593A-A225-37606800915B.dita">Video
+Client</xref> video player. </p> </li>
+<li id="GUID-7D0B1BF3-7A65-5DD9-B582-E8975DC46DF4"><p>Make video recordings
+files from a device using the <xref href="GUID-18D7228F-A1E5-594A-B654-EF5D74CE17D2.dita">Video
+Client</xref> video recorder. </p> </li>
+<li id="GUID-20F83D16-A8A5-5275-8752-4A9FBB25F60F"><p>Display subtitles artwork
+on a video window using the <xref href="GUID-80E8BA3A-FDF3-50A5-BF44-181C40C31F09.dita">Video
+Subtitle CRP</xref> component. </p> </li>
+<li id="GUID-1B6988C8-FB8E-518C-9AFF-AD0836D7A63E"><p>Create and destroy a
+surface for video rendering using the <xref href="GUID-D1F29744-EB92-5811-A735-B0BC1B352ED5.dita">Video
+Renderer</xref> component. </p> </li>
+</ul> <p><b>Accessing multimedia hardware</b> </p> <p>Devices may include
+the following hardware components: </p> <ul>
+
+<li id="GUID-1C19D943-5F4F-5AAA-8595-751E14777492"><p>Camera - for capturing
+still and video images using <xref href="GUID-36C3A2FD-F4F9-5B8C-91B7-40C29B3D2224.dita">Camera
+Framework</xref>. </p> </li>
+
+
+<li id="GUID-081710DF-6E7E-5CA0-B043-DE1D66FB21C7"><p>Speech recognition -
+for making requests from the MMF (Multimedia Framework) to the DevASR (DevSound
+Automatic Speech Recognition), which are transported using the <xref href="GUID-3CA473CB-E79C-5B32-8B5B-F222B3DDEF3B.dita">Speech
+Recognition Controller </xref> component. </p> </li>
+<li><p>Hardware abstraction layer - for video playing and recording using
+the <xref href="GUID-842D8124-554F-5D89-9E20-8B48EA539D2F.dita">Video HAI Component</xref></p></li>
+</ul> <p><b>Manipulating images</b> </p> <p>Many of the most common image
+manipulation techniques are provided: </p> <ul>
+<li id="GUID-C1AC52E7-2A88-51F0-8485-A1FBFAA64320"><p>Image encoding and decoding
+is provided using <xref href="GUID-3D9C4B45-EEA0-581C-A9E5-8B2535014930.dita">Image
+Conversion</xref>. </p> </li>
+<li id="GUID-8EE315BD-90E3-521D-BDEB-4FB3EA64069A"><p>Reading and editing
+image metadata using the <xref href="GUID-FCEE832C-5D8D-5177-A86A-E10015EF77DC.dita">Exchangeable
+image file format</xref> (Exif). </p> </li>
+<li id="GUID-98F15E8A-59F8-5441-9FB5-58B2B5B378B7"><p>Image transformations
+such as rotations, masking, mirroring flipping, stretching, resizing, and
+many other common image transformation techniques are provided using <xref href="GUID-C0B39D73-0A3C-5289-A774-7BE590037404.dita">Bitmap Transformation</xref> and <xref href="GUID-6914EA3D-6FAB-52DD-A159-990F4ED892A2.dita">Image Transformation</xref>. </p> </li>
+<li id="GUID-ED0B62DA-B6CC-582E-BEE5-0645E735DBEC"><p>Processing an image
+on a mobile device is provided using <xref href="GUID-0EBD074D-49E9-5E3E-9FA9-3484E968ABDB.dita">Image
+Processor Library</xref>. </p> </li>
+</ul> </section>
+<section><title>Technologies</title> <p>The following is a list of technologies
+used by Multimedia to enable various features: </p> <ul>
+
+<li id="GUID-93528CEA-86C0-54FD-9021-F1A279BD3C77"><p> <b>Exif</b> - to include
+metadata for an image, such as, a time/date stamp, a description, GPS location
+data, an embedded thumbnail. </p> </li>
+<li id="GUID-30C128FF-EBBA-5811-9817-472A82893920"><p> <b>Codecs</b> - to
+deal with (playing, recording, streaming) audio and video data in one of the
+many supported formats through the Symbian. </p> </li>
+
+
+
+</ul> </section>
+<section><title>Documentation and examples</title><p>The following sections
+list tutorials and example applications that can be used to play and record
+audio and video data, perform image processing and manipulation, and access
+any camera and radio tuner hardware present on a mobile phone. </p><p><b>Tutorials</b></p><ul>
+<li><p><xref href="GUID-03D132BE-5B90-50E1-88D3-D66289C02444.dita">Audio Client
+Tutorials</xref></p></li>
+<li><p><xref href="GUID-C2BF3044-CC37-554D-9496-C7B18AE94561.dita">Audio Input
+Stream Tutorials</xref></p></li>
+<li><p><xref href="GUID-4D94A4B8-392D-5657-BD71-F1EA54318C47.dita">Audio Output
+Stream Tutorials</xref></p></li>
+<li><p><xref href="GUID-F370A917-6963-58F6-8876-160A1DC42040.dita">Video Client
+Library Tutorials</xref></p></li>
+<li><p><xref href="GUID-354240A8-2DDD-5181-9A36-9A054D239B62.dita">Video Subtitle
+CRP Tutorial</xref></p></li>
+<li><p><xref href="GUID-55A1A47A-A7DD-5B1A-88E1-4818CB65B782.dita">Camera Library
+Tutorials</xref></p></li>
+
+<li><p><xref href="GUID-786A8188-AB4D-5C65-8BEF-50E45FDBE9A5.dita">Image Conversion
+Library Tutorials</xref></p></li>
+<li><p><xref href="GUID-26FD66B4-A291-5DAD-991D-40AB5316F30C.dita">Initializing
+and Processing an Image Tutorial</xref></p></li>
+
+
+
+</ul><p><b>Example applications</b></p><ul>
+<li><p><xref href="GUID-288C200C-760D-52A2-8FC7-E179E5FB1A2A.dita">Multimedia Example
+Code</xref></p></li>
+</ul></section>
+</conbody></concept>
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