A multimedia presentation mechanism permitting partial loss of objects

Abstract

In multimedia presentation, significant skew can result from computation and transmission delays. In this paper, we present an enhanced multimedia presentation mechanism that operates under limited system resources. We propose a new multimedia presentation system. Specifically, we design and implement the Small-scenario Description Language (SDL) and a new synchronization mechanism. Synchronization is performed by a scheduler that represents each object as a list of sub-objects for effective buffer usage. We also define an additional property of the object, named 'priority', to eliminate the unexpected loss of mono-media data. >