VIDEO AND DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA AGGREGATOR CONTENT CODING AND FORMATTING

摘要

A video and digital multimedia aggregator (201) includes a content decoder, coder (codec) and formatter (252). The codec formatter (253) receives coding and formatting requests that characterize input source content and desired output target content. Data conveyed about the source and target content may include parameters such as physical and/or logical addresses, coding and compression parameters, for descriptions content size, description of auxiliary services, and other metadata elements that may be required for coding and formatting.