An approach to diverse multimedia content production: A case study of web casting for the national high school baseball championship

Abstract

We have provided web casting services of the national high school baseball championship tournament since 1996. This paper describes our technical approaches to diverse multimedia content production in this service. Among the various techniques developed, we focused on implementing and operating data handling mechanisms to provide high-quality contents with low operational cost. They include video contents production for the Internet, management and utilization of the metadata, and web contents distribution. In addition, we also describe the knowledge and experiences obtained through the service's actual operation.