Patent ID: 7885721

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving an input signal at a media device; determining at the media device, based on the received input signal, a first audio stream associated with a first image stream, the first audio stream having at least two channels; determining at the media device, based on the received input signal, a second audio stream associated with a second image stream, the second audio stream having at least two channels; modulating at the media device the second image stream and the at least two channels associated with the second image stream to generate a television signal; transmitting from the media device to a first external device the first image stream along with the at least two channels associated with the first image stream; transmitting the modulated television signal from the media device to a second external device; and transmitting a third audio stream associated with the first image stream to the first external device, wherein said transmitting the first and second audio streams is facilitated by a first direct memory access engine and said transmitting the third audio stream is facilitated by a second direct memory access engine.