A Method and Apparatus for Measuring Media Synchronization

Brian K. Schmidt, J. Duane Northcutt and Monica S. Lam,     Computer Systems Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305; Sun Microsystems Laboratories, 2550 Garcia Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043

Media synchronization is widely regarded as a fundamental problem in the field of multimedia. While much work has been conducted in this area, and many different solutions have been proposed, no method for obtaining a repeatable, objective measure of synchronization performance exists. Thus, there has been no means for determining the effectiveness of potential media synchronization solutions. In this paper we present an experimental methodology for quantitatively measuring ...

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