Generic, scalable multimedia streaming and delivery with example application for H.264/AVC

Authors

Joseph Thomas-Kerr, University of WollongongFollow
I. Burnett, Faculty of Informatics, University of WollongongFollow
Christian Ritz, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

15851

Publication Details

J. Thomas-Kerr, I. S. Burnett & C. H. Ritz, "Generic, scalable multimedia streaming and delivery with example application for H.264/AVC", in 7th Pacific Rim Conference on Multimedia, November 2006, Hangzhou, China, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series - Advances in Multimedia Information Processing (PCM 2006), vol. 4261, pp.349-356, 2006. Y. Rui, S. Yang & Y. Zhuang.

Abstract

The ever increasing diversity of multimedia technology presents a growing challenge to interoperability in as new content formats are developed. The Bitstream Binding Language (BBL) addresses this problem by providing a format-independent language to describe how multimedia content is to be delivered. This paper proposes extensions to BBL that enable a generic, scalable streaming server architecture. In this architecture, new content formats are supported by providing a simple file with instructions as to how the software may be streamed. This approach removes any need to modify existing software to provide such support.