Transcoding apparatus, system, and method
Various apparatus, systems, and articles including a machine-accessible medium, along with methods of processing and transferring audio-video content, are disclosed. The apparatus may include a resampler to receive and transform an original data stream into a sampled data stream; a first encoder to produce a first playback data stream by encoding the sampled data stream; and a second encoder to produce a second playback data stream by encoding the original data stream. Alternatively, the apparatus may include an encoder to receive and encode the original data stream into a second playback data stream; a memory to store the second playback data stream; a decoder to provide a final playback data stream by receiving and decoding the second playback data stream; and a resampler to receive and transform the final playback data stream into a sampled data stream, which the encoder receives and encodes into a first playback data stream.
1. An apparatus, comprising:
an encoder to receive and encode an original data stream into a second playback data stream;
a memory capable receiving and storing the second playback data stream;
a decoder to receive and decode the second playback data stream into a final playback data stream for playback to a viewer;
a resampler to receive and transform the final playback data stream into a sampled data stream, wherein the encoder is to receive and encode the sampled data stream into a first playback data stream; and
at least one of a disk drive internal to a portable electronic device and removable media inserted into the portable electronic device to replay the first playback data stream.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a digital data receiver capable of receiving and transforming the final playback data stream into a signal to be received by a television.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a data display generator to generate a user interface display including data associated with the first and second playback data streams.
4. A method, comprising:
receiving an original data stream;
encoding, using an encoder, the original data stream into a second playback data stream; decoding the second playback data stream to provide a final playback data stream;
transforming the final playback data stream into a sampled data stream;
encoding, using the encoder, the sampled data stream to produce a first playback data stream; and
storing the first playback data stream on at least one of a disk drive internal to a portable electronic device and removable media inserted into the portable electronic device to replay the first playback data stream.
5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
storing the second playback data stream before transforming the final playback data stream into a sampled data stream.
6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
storing the first playback data stream; and
transmitting the first playback data stream to a data processing apparatus selected from the group consisting of a laptop computer, a palmtop computer, a personal digital assistant, a cellular telephone, a web tablet, and a dedicated audio-video playback device.
7. An apparatus, comprising:
an encoder to receive and encode an original data stream into a second playback data stream;
a decoder to receive the second playback data stream from a second memory and to decode the second playback data stream into a final playback data stream; and
a resampler to receive and sample the final playback data stream to provide a sampled data stream, wherein the encoder is to receive and encode the sampled data stream into a first playback data stream, and wherein the final playback data stream is for playback to a viewer.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising:
a digital data source to transmit the original data stream to the encoder.
9. The apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising:
a first memory to store the first playback data stream.
10. The apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising:
the second memory to store the second playback data stream.
11. The apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising:
a digital data receiver to receive and transform the final playback data stream into a television signal.
12. The apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising:
a data display generator to generate a user interface display including data associated with the first playback data stream.
13. A method, comprising:
encoding, using an encoder, an original data stream into a second playback data stream;
decoding the second playback data stream to provide a final playback data stream;
sampling the final playback data stream to provide a sampled data stream; and
encoding, using the encoder, the sampled data stream to provide a first playback data stream to be played back by a portable electronic data processing device.
14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
storing the first and second playback data streams.
15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
transmitting the first playback data stream to a data processing apparatus selected from a group consisting of a laptop computer, a palmtop computer, a personal digital assistant, a cellular telephone, a web tablet, or a dedicated audio-video playback device.
16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
transmitting the final playback data stream to a television.
17. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
receiving an Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) television signal; and
transforming the ATSC signal into the original data stream.
18. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
receiving a Phase Alternation by Line (PAL) television signal; and
transforming the PAL signal into the original data stream.
19. An article comprising a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, result in the computer performing:
encoding, using an encoder, an original data stream into a second playback data stream;
decoding the second playback data stream to provide a final playback data stream;
sampling the final playback data stream to provide a sampled data stream; and
encoding, using the encoder, the sampled data stream to provide a first playback data stream to be played back by a portable electronic data processing device.
20. The article of claim 19 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the computer, result in the computer performing:
transmitting the first playback data stream to a data processing apparatus; and
transmitting meta-data associated with the first playback data stream to the data processing apparatus.
21. The article of claim 19 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the computer, result in the computer performing:
transmitting the first playback data stream to a data processing apparatus; and
transmitting an executable playback program associated with the first playback data stream to the data processing apparatus.
22. The article of claim 19 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the computer, result in the computer performing:
transmitting the final playback data stream to a television.