Patent ID: 6920181
Filing Date: 2005-07-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for synchronizing an elementary audio stream with an elementary video stream, the video stream having a plurality of markers containing information for displaying frames associated with the video stream, the method comprising the steps of: sampling the markers in the video stream to obtain a time stamp and a memory stamp for each marker, the time stamp indicating a time position of the marker in the video stream, the memory stamp indicating a relative byte location for the marker in the video stream; storing values of the time stamp and the memory stamp for each marker; finding a video byte location in the video stream for a selected time position by reviewing stored values of the time stamps and memory stamps; finding an audio byte location in the audio stream for the selected time position, wherein said finding further includes: whereby the audio and video streams are synchronized for output at the audio byte location and the video byte location.