System and related methods for reducing source filter invocation in a development project
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1. A method of generating a filter graph for a user-defined processing project, the method comprising:
- analyzing the project for multiple accesses to a single source of media content;
determining that the multiple accesses cannot be combined and/or share a common processing chain; and
coupling a single instance of the media source to the one or more processing chains through a software object to satisfy the multiple accesses without invoking a commensurate number of multiple instances of the media source, wherein the software object is a segment filter and further wherein the one or more processing chains comprise;
a scalable, dynamically reconfigurable matrix switch having a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs;
at least one matrix switch input being communicatively linked with a first processing chain portion;
at least one other matrix switch input being communicatively linked with a second processing chain portion;
the matrix switch being configured to dynamically couple one or more of the matrix switch inputs to one or more of the matrix switch outputs.
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Abstract
A method of representing a development project is presented comprising identifying a plurality of sources comprising the development project, determining whether any of the sources are required simultaneously and, if not, dynamically generating a filter graph representation of the development project utilizing a segment filter to couple a source to multiple processing threads.
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1. A method of generating a filter graph for a user-defined processing project, the method comprising:
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analyzing the project for multiple accesses to a single source of media content; determining that the multiple accesses cannot be combined and/or share a common processing chain; and coupling a single instance of the media source to the one or more processing chains through a software object to satisfy the multiple accesses without invoking a commensurate number of multiple instances of the media source, wherein the software object is a segment filter and further wherein the one or more processing chains comprise; a scalable, dynamically reconfigurable matrix switch having a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs; at least one matrix switch input being communicatively linked with a first processing chain portion; at least one other matrix switch input being communicatively linked with a second processing chain portion; the matrix switch being configured to dynamically couple one or more of the matrix switch inputs to one or more of the matrix switch outputs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of generating a filter graph for a user-defined processing project, the method comprising:
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analyzing the project for multiple accesses to a single source of media content; determining that the multiple accesses cannot be combined and/or share a common processing chain; coupling a single instance of the media source to the multiple processing chains through a software object to satisfy the multiple accesses without invoking a commensurate number of multiple instances of the media source, wherein the software object is a segment filter; and ascertaining whether the multiple processing chains share common pre-processing attributes and, if so, interposing one or more associated filters between the single source of media content and the software object. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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