Processing Media

JMF processor programs manipulate media. After manipulation, the results can be played back to a user, or delivered to some other destination (such as a file). These programs typically present controls to perform various processing operations.

Processing involves working with demultiplexers, multiplexers, codecs, effect filters, and renderers. As previously mentioned, demultiplexers extract individual tracks from a media stream, whereas multiplexers combine individual tracks into a single media stream. Codecs (compressors/decompressors) perform compression and decompression operations on individual tracks. Effect filters modify track data to achieve special effects. Preprocess effect filtering occurs before a codec processes ...

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