Patent ID: 9031388
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: transmitting a video data stream to a first-in first-out video decode buffer without initially looping the video data stream through a playback buffer; transmitting the video data stream to the playback buffer in response to receiving a first command; marking a data element of the video data stream by storing an address that points to a location in the video data stream that was last transmitted to the first-in first-out video decode buffer, the marked data element indicating a portion of the video data stream that was last transmitted to the first-in first-out video decode buffer to be decoded by a video decoder without initially looping the video data stream through the playback buffer; transmitting the video data stream from the playback buffer to the first-in first-out video decode buffer in response to receiving a second command; and decoding, by the video decoder, the video data stream from the first-in first-out video decode buffer according to the marked data element in response to transmitting the video data stream from the playback buffer to the first-in first-out video decode buffer.