Patent ID: 11900010
Assignee: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 6:
7. The method of managing an audio stream that is read in a manner that is synchronized on a reference clock and that is delivered via at least one piece of source equipment, the method comprising at least the following steps implemented in said source equipment:
first step: splitting the audio stream into packets, each packet comprising a succession of audio samples;
second step: associating each packet with identification information characteristic of a timestamp of said packet, which information is thus representative of the time at which a predetermined audio sample of said packet should be played by audio playback equipment;
third step: receiving a message comprising at least correspondence information about correspondence between the identification information characteristic of a timestamp of at least one of the packets and the time given by the reference clock that is characteristic of the moment at which the predetermined audio sample of said packet was injected in the buffer memory of an audio playback equipment adapted to perform the method according to claim 1;
fourth step: as a function of said correspondence information, adjusting the speed at which the audio stream is read as a function of said correspondence information and/or adjusting the following packet before sending it.