Title :
Intra- and inter-stream synchronisation for stored multimedia streams
Author :
Biersack, Ernst ; Geyer, Werner ; Bernhardt, Christoph
Author_Institution :
Inst. Eurecom, Sophia Antipolis, France
Abstract :
Multimedia streams such as audio and video impose tight temporal constraints due to their continuous nature. Often, different multimedia streams must be presented in a synchronized way. We introduce a scheme for the continuous and synchronous delivery of distributed stored multimedia streams across a communications network. We propose a protocol for the synchronized playback, compute the buffer requirement, and describe the experimental results of our implementation. The scheme is very general and does not require bounded jitter or synchronized clocks and is able to cope with clock drifts and server drop outs
Keywords :
distributed processing; multimedia communication; multimedia computing; protocols; synchronisation; audio; bounded jitter; buffer requirement; clock drifts; communications network; distributed stored multimedia streams; interstream synchronisation; intrastream synchronisation; protocol; server drop outs; synchronized clocks; synchronized playback; temporal constraints; video; Clocks; Communication networks; Communications technology; Delay; Jitter; Network servers; Protocols; Streaming media; Synchronization; Video on demand;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia Computing and Systems, 1996., Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hiroshima
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7438-5
DOI :
10.1109/MMCS.1996.535000