A Standard Model for Multimedia Synchronization: PREMO Synchronization Objects

This paper describes an event–based synchronization mechanism, which is at the core of the inter– media synchronization in the upcoming standard for Multimedia Presentation, PREMO. The synchronization mechanism of PREMO is a powerful tool, based on a small number of concepts, and on cooperation among active objects, and represents a synthesis of various synchronization models described in the literature. This model can serve as a basis for the implementation of complex synchronization patterns in multimedia presentations, both purely event– based, as well as time–based. Key Words: PREMO, multimedia systems, active objects, standards, multimedia synchronization, inter–media synchronization

• Type: Journal
• Year: 1998
• Where: MMS
• Authors: Ivan Herman, Nuno Correia, David A. Duce, David J. Duke, Graham J. Reynolds, James van Loo
• Keywords: Event–based Synchronization Mechanism, Information Technology, MMS 1998, Synchronization, Synchronization Mechanism