Large-scale experiments on low-bit-rate multimedia broadcast

Zon-Yin Shae; Xiping Wang; Stephen P. Wood

doi:10.1117/12.334731

28 December 1998 Large-scale experiments on low-bit-rate multimedia broadcast

Zon-Yin Shae, Xiping Wang, Stephen P. Wood

Proceedings Volume 3653, Visual Communications and Image Processing '99; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.334731
Event: Electronic Imaging '99, 1999, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper contains our experience with low bit rate multimedia streaming and broadcast, as applied to the Internet/Intranet, and focuses on two of the enabling technologies: 100% Java clients and broadcast reflectors. Interpreted Java is slower than compiled C/C++ and Java platforms do not currently support video and audio synchronization. Various techniques to improve Java performance and to reduce code size are provided in detail. A novel video and audio synchronization mechanism for the pure Java environment is devised and instigated. This paper also describes a hierarchical reflector network architecture which, superimposed on the Internet, is a practical alternative for broadcasting of events to massive client audiences when multicast support of such audiences in the current Internet is questionable and remains untested.

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Zon-Yin Shae, Xiping Wang, and Stephen P. Wood "Large-scale experiments on low-bit-rate multimedia broadcast", Proc. SPIE 3653, Visual Communications and Image Processing '99, (28 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.334731

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