Method of video buffer synchronization

摘要

A method is provided for synchronizing video data buffers (14,18) in a system containing a variable rate transmission channel (16), including: an encoder (12) for encoding input data into a compressed data bitstream, an encoder buffer (14) for storing the compressed data bitstream. a decoder buffer (18) for receiving the compressed data bitstream, the sum of the encoder buffer delay and the decoder buffer delay being constant, and a decoder (20) for receiving and decoding the compressed data bitstream. The instantaneous encoder buffer delay is used to generate a control signal which is inserted into the compressed data bitstream following the encoder buffer. In an exemplary embodiment, each of the encoder and decoder performs encoding and decoding operations, respectively, in the Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) standard, using the VBV_DLY parameter of the MPEG standard as the control signal.