Patent ID: 7881385

Claim:
A method of decoding a digital media data stream, comprising: (a) configuring a first decoding accelerator and a second decoding accelerator to respectively perform a first decoding function and a second decoding function on a first data stream in a first media format; (b) performing the first decoding function on an i th data element of the first data stream with the first decoding accelerator; (c) performing the second decoding function on the i th data element with the second decoding accelerator, while performing the first decoding function on an i+1 st data element in the first data stream with the first decoding accelerator; (d) configuring the first decoding accelerator and the second decoding accelerator to respectively perform the first decoding function and the second decoding function on a second data stream in a second media format; (e) performing the first decoding function on a j th data element of the second data stream with the first decoding accelerator; and (f) performing the second decoding function on the j th data element with the second decoding accelerator, while performing the first decoding function on a j+1 st data element in the second data stream with the first decoding accelerator.