153 Media courses in Manchester

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HTTP streaming training course description This course looks at the delivery of video streams using HTTP adaptive streaming. Both MPEG DASH and HLS are investigated. Hands on sessions primarily involve using Wireshark to analyse streams. What will you learn Use Wireshark to analyse and troubleshoot HTTP video streams. Explain HTTP adaptive streaming works. Evaluate and compare MPEG DASH and HLS. Use tools to create HTTP adaptive streams. HTTP streaming training course details Who will benefit: Anyone working in the broadcast industry. Prerequisites: TCP/IP foundation for engineers Duration 2 days HTTP streaming training course contents What is HTTP streaming? The old way. Progressive downloads versus streaming. Why not UDP and RTP for delivery? Adaptive bit rate streaming. Standards. Hands on Base network setup. Using WireShark for HTTP streams. HTTP protocol stack IP, TCP, IPv6. HTTP. HTTP 1.0, HTTP 1.1, HTTP 2.0, HTTP header fields. HTML 5. Hands on Analysing HTTP. Adaptive bitrate streaming principles Chunks, fragments, segments. Manifest files. Encoding, resolution, bitrates. Addressing, relative and absolute URLs, redirection. When does the client switch streams? Switch points. Hands on Walk through of client behaviours on a stream. HTTP streaming architecture Server components, distribution components, client software. CDN, caching, multiple servers. Hands on Analysing CDN and Internet delivery. TCP and HTTP streaming interactions TCP ACK, TCP connections, unicast only. TCP flow control, TCP and performance. Hands on TCP window sizes. MPEG DASH Stakeholders, DASH architecture and model, codec agnostic, XML, Media Presentation Description, Media Presentation, segment formats. Hands on MPEG DASH analysis. HTTP Live Streaming and others Stakeholders. Media segments, media playlists, master playlists. Adobe HTTP dynamic streaming, Microsoft smooth streaming. Hands on Analysing HLS. Tools mp4dash, mp4fragment, libdash. Apple developer tools for HLS. Hands on Creating segmented content. Security HTTPS, encryption, content protection. Hands on Encryption analysis. Summary Choosing a streaming method. Impact of live versus VoD. Web sockets.

OTT TV for engineers course description This course covers OTT TV by primarily looking at the delivery of video streams using HTTP adaptive streaming. Both MPEG DASH and HLS are investigated. Hands on sessions involve using Wireshark to analyse streams as well as crafting segmented content. What will you learn Explain what OTT TV is, and how it works. Describe the OTT TV architecture. Use Wireshark to analyse and troubleshoot OTT video streams. Explain how HTTP adaptive streaming works. Evaluate and compare MPEG DASH and HLS. Use tools to create OTT TV adaptive streams. OTT TV for engineers course details Who will benefit: Anyone working in the broadcast industry. Prerequisites: TCP/IP foundation for engineers. Duration 2 days OTT TV for engineers course contents What is OTT TV? Brodeo providers vs ISPs. Progressive downloads versus streaming. Why not UDP and RTP for delivery? Adaptive bit rate streaming. Standards. Hands on: Base network setup. Using WireShark for HTTP streams. HTTP protocol stack IP, TCP, IPv6. HTTP. HTTP 1.0, HTTP 1.1, HTTP 2.0, HTTP header fields. HTML 5. Hands on: Analysing HTTP. Adaptive bitrate streaming principles Chunks, fragments, segments. Manifest files. Encoding, resolution, bitrates. Addressing, relative and absolute URLs, redirection. When does the client switch streams? Switch points. Hands on: Walk through of client behaviours on a stream. OTT TV streaming architecture Server components, distribution components, client software. CDN, caching, multiple servers. Hands on: Analysing CDN and Internet delivery. TCP and HTTP streaming interactions TCP ACK, TCP connections, unicast only. TCP flow control, TCP and performance. Hands on: TCP window sizes. MPEG DASH Stakeholders, DASH architecture and model, codec agnostic, XML, Media Presentation Description, Media Presentation, segment formats. Hands on: MPEG DASH analysis. HTTP Live Streaming and others Stakeholders. Media segments, media playlists, master playlists. Adobe HTTP dynamic streaming, Microsoft smooth streaming. Hands on: Analysing HLS. Tools mp4dash, mp4fragment, libdash. Apple developer tools for HLS. Hands on: Creating segmented content. Security HTTPS, encryption, content protection. Hands on: Encryption analysis. Summary Choosing a streaming method. Impact of live versus VoD. Web sockets.

Are you passionate about the business side of film? Do you have an entrepreneurial mindset and ambitions to pave a career in a fast-growing creative industry? The BA (Hons) Film Business & Production degree reflects current demands for professionally ready graduates equipped with the vital creative, business and entrepreneurial skills to navigate the modern film, screen and media environment.

SIP in IMS training course description The IP Multimedia Core Network Subsystem (IMS) is defined by 3GPP as a new mobile infrastructure. This advanced course looks at the use of SIP in the IMS. What will you learn Describe the role of SIP in the IMS. Explain how SIP works in the IMS Describe the SIP architecture in the IMS. Explain how SIP and SDP are used in basic IMS procedures. SIP in IMS training course details Who will benefit: Technical telecommunications staff. Prerequisites: SIP for engineers. Duration 2 days SIP in IMS training course contents Introduction SIP review, SIP elements, Simple SIP call flow, What is IMS? Why IMS? Why SIP in the IMS? SIP and IMS relationship. Standards 3GPP, IETF, 3GPPr5, 3GPPr6, 3GPP SIP extensions. SIP and IMS IMS architecture, SIP interfaces. Server functions Registration, home and away, location and directory services, stateful and stateless servers. SIP servers P-CSCF, I-CSCF, S-CSCF, PSTN gateways SIP registration in the IMS SIP REGISTER, IMS identities, registration process, P-CSCF discovery, S-CSCF assignment, IMS subscriber and IMS registrar signalling flow. IMS routing in the registration process. Re and De-registration. SIP sessions in the IMS SIP INVITE, Establishing IMS SIP sessions, User at home network, user roaming, IMS offer answer architecture, SIP preconditions, QoS, reserving resources, IMS bearer network interactions, IMS subscriber and IMS service signalling flow. Typical call flows. SIP services in the IMS IMS specifications, IMS service procedures, call scenarios, call services. IMS multimedia related procedures. IMS presence, IMS messaging, IMS conferencing, IMS PoC. SIP-T SIP and the PSTN, URIs and ENUM, NAPTR, SRV, ISUP numbers and URI mapping, IAM and INVITE, SIP to PSTN/ISUP mapping, PSTN/ISUP to SIP mapping, PSTN to PSTN over SIP. MIME media types for ISUP, DTMF transmission, CLIP and CLIR in SIP, ring tone, split gateways SIP-I ISO standards, translation versus tunnelling. IMS SIP extensions Security (RFC 3310, 3329), Resource reservation (RFC 3312), Media authorisation (RFC 3313), SigComp (RFC 3320), P Headers (RFC 3325, 3455), Mobile registration (RFC 3327, 3608), Reg event (RFC 3680), Preconditions (RFC 4032) Security IMS security architecture, identities, HTTP digest, TLS. Affect of security on SIP media sessions.

Security+ training course description A hands on course aimed at getting delegates successfully through the CompTia Security+ examination. What will you learn Explain general security concepts. Describe the security concepts in communications. Describe how to secure an infrastructure. Recognise the role of cryptography. Describe operational/organisational security. Security+ training course details Who will benefit: Those wishing to pass the Security+ exam. Prerequisites: TCP/IP foundation for engineers Duration 5 days Security+ training course contents General security concepts Non-essential services and protocols. Access control: MAC, DAC, RBAC. Security attacks: DOS, DDOS, back doors, spoofing, man in the middle, replay, hijacking, weak keys, social engineering, mathematical, password guessing, brute force, dictionary, software exploitation. Authentication: Kerberos, CHAP, certificates, usernames/ passwords, tokens, biometrics. Malicious code: Viruses, trojan horses, logic bombs, worms. Auditing, logging, scanning. Communication security Remote access: 802.1x, VPNs, L2TP, PPTP, IPsec, RADIUS, TACACS, SSH. Email: S/MIME, PGP, spam, hoaxes. Internet: SSL, TLS, HTTPS, IM, packet sniffing, privacy, Javascript, ActiveX, buffer overflows, cookies, signed applets, CGI, SMTP relay. LDAP. sftp, anon ftp, file sharing, sniffing, 8.3 names. Wireless: WTLS, 802.11, 802.11x, WEP/WAP. Infrastructure security Firewalls, routers, switches, wireless, modems, RAS, PBX, VPN, IDS, networking monitoring, workstations, servers, mobile devices. Media security: Coax, UTP, STP, fibre. Removable media. Topologies: Security zones, DMZ, Intranet, Extranet, VLANs, NAT, Tunnelling. IDS: Active/ passive, network/host based, honey pots, incident response. Security baselines: Hardening OS/NOS, networks and applications. Cryptography basics Integrity, confidentiality, access control, authentication, non-repudiation. Standards and protocols. Hashing, symmetric, asymmetric. PKI: Certificates, policies, practice statements, revocation, trust models. Key management and certificate lifecycles. Storage: h/w, s/w, private key protection. Escrow, expiration, revocation, suspension, recovery, destruction, key usage. Operational/Organisation security Physical security: Access control, social engineering, environment. Disaster recovery: Backups, secure disaster recovery plans. Business continuity: Utilities, high availability, backups. Security policies: AU, due care, privacy, separation of duties, need to know, password management, SLAs, disposal, destruction, HR policies. Incident response policy. Privilege management: Users, groups, roles, single sign on, centralised/decentralised. Auditing. Forensics: Chain of custody, preserving and collecting evidence. Identifying risks: Assets, risks, threats, vulnerabilities. Role of education/training. Security documentation.

Total H.248 training course description A course focusing purely on the H.248 protocol. Anyone working through the ITU standards documents can testify to the need of a training course to explain how H.248 really works. This course already assumes knowledge of other VoIP protocols and starts by positioning H.248 in relation to the other protocols. The course then looks at H.248 architectures and concepts before analysing H.248 messages and call flows. What will you learn Describe what H.248 is Recognise where H.248 fits in relation to other VoIP protocols. Explain how H.248 works. Analyse H.248 packets Total H.248 training course details Who will benefit: Technical staff working with H.248 Prerequisites: Voice Over IP. Duration 2 days Total H.248 training course contents What is H.248? Review of VoIP protocols: RTP, RTCP, SIP, SDP, H.323. The PSTN and SS7. Where H.248 fits into the picture. H.248 history. MGCP. The IETF. Megaco. ITU standards. H.248v1, v2, v3. H.248 architectures Media Gateways, Media Gateway Controllers, Gateway Control functions, Signalling Gateways. Reference architectures: IMS/TISPAN: IBCF, IWF, I-BGF, SPDF. MSF: S-SBG-NC, D-SBG-NC. GSMA: IPX Proxy. Softswitches. H.248 concepts The connection model, terminations, streams, contexts. Termination properties: descriptors, context properties. Events, signals, packages. H.248 messages Protocol stack, UDP, TCP. Message structure. Transactions, actions, commands. Requests, replies, acknowledgements. Sample message flows. Binary encoding, ASN syntax, Text encoding. H.248 commands Termination manipulation: Add, Subtract, Move, Modify. Event reporting: Notify. Management: AuditCapability, AuditValue, ServiceChange. H.248 Descriptors What are descriptors? Relationship with messages and commands. Basic descriptors, Descriptors composed of other descriptors. The 19 descriptors. Defaults. H.248 Transactions Groups of commands, transaction Ids, relationship with actions and commands. Requests and replies. H.248 wrap up What is a package? Basic packages. H.248 security. H.248 - SIP interoperation. H.248 interoperation with other protocols.

Phoenix Pottery and Art Studio offers adult and family pottery classes and art and crafts. Close to Warrington, Wigan and Surrounding Northwest area. Easy access from the motorway network . Only 20 miles from Manchester and Liverpool.