Multimedia-Peripheries

A rough definition of Multimedia would be information that is presented using multiple human senses at the same time. This presentation is realized using hard- and software. Peripheries are hardware components. You could therefore define Multimedia-Peripheries as hardware components that are used to present information in such a way that they can be processed using human senses.

For example: Watching a movie.

Video capture card

The main task of a capture card is parsing a video signal in real time and the compression of said signal. Most capture cards are capable of decompressing these signals so that they can be re-interpret at a later time.

These cards are also responsible for the digitization of audio.