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Method and apparatus for adaptive synchronization of digital video and audio playback in a multimedia playback system

  • US 6,016,166 A
  • Filed: 08/31/1998
  • Issued: 01/18/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method, for use in a multimedia playback system that decodes and renders a combined sequence of encoded audio and video information, for reducing playback disruptions, said method comprising the steps of:

  • granting priority to decoding and rendering said audio information;

    monitoring the rendering of decoded audio and video information to determine whether it is backlogged relative to the rendering of said audio information; and

    when said video information is backlogged, reducing said video backlog bydecoding only the backlogged video information that must be decoded to render the most current video image in the sequence of said backlogged video information,rendering only said most current video image from said backlog, anddiscarding all other video information not necessary to produce said most current video image.

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