Mechanism for facilitating dynamic timestamp-less clock generation for transmitting media streams over shared channels
View Patent ↗A mechanism for facilitating dynamic timestamp-less clock generation for transmitting media streams over shared channels is described. In one embodiment, a method includes periodically counting and producing, at a first media device, a number of audio/video (“A/V”) samples, generating a pace clock based on the number of A/V samples, generating a target clock based on the pace clock, and transmitting an A/V media stream based on a frequency difference between a pace frequency relating to the pace clock and a target frequency relating to the target clock.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a first media device having
a first logic to periodically count and produce a number of audio/video (“A/V”) samples;
a second logic to generate a pace clock based on the number of A/V samples;
a third logic to generate a target clock based on the pace clock; and
a fourth logic to transmit an A/V media stream based on a frequency difference between a pace frequency relating to the pace clock and a target frequency relating to the target clock.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the production of the number of A/V samples is based on A/V packets received from a second media device over a network.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the frequency difference is compared to a predefined frequency threshold to determine transmission of the A/V media stream.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a display device coupled to the first media device to display the A/V media stream.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first media device comprises a sink device including one or more of a television, a cinema display, a projector, a Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) player, a Blu-ray player, a computing device, a smartphone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a game console, a docking station, a cable adapter, and a dongle.
6. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the second media device comprises a source device including a network computing system, a cable set-top box, a cable headend, a satellite broadcasting system, a Blu-ray player, a DVD player, a smartphone, and a PDA.
7. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the network comprises one or more of a broadcasting network, a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), a Personal Area Network (PAN), a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), an intranet, the Internet, a cloud-based network, and a shared-channel network including a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), a Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL), a DisplayPort, a Universal Serial Bus (USB), a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), and an on-chip bus including Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA).
8. A system comprising:
a computing device having a memory to store instructions, and a processing device to execute the instructions, wherein the instructions cause the processing device to facilitate a first media device to periodically count and produce a number of audio/video (“A/V”) samples;
generate a pace clock based on the number of A/V samples;
generate a target clock based on the pace clock; and
transmit an A/V media stream based on a frequency difference between a pace frequency relating to the pace clock and a target frequency relating to the target clock.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the production of the number of A/V samples is based on A/V packets received from a second media device over a network.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the frequency difference is compared to a predefined frequency threshold to determine transmission of the A/V media stream.
11. The system of claim 8 , further comprising a display device coupled to the first media device to display the A/V media stream.
12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first media device comprises a sink device including one or more of a television, a cinema display, a projector, a Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) player, a Blu-ray player, a computing device, a smartphone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a game console, a docking station, a cable adapter, and a dongle.
13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the second media device comprises a source device including a network computing system, a cable set-top box, a cable headend, a satellite broadcasting system, a Blu-ray player, a DVD player, a smartphone, and a PDA.
14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the network comprises one or more of a broadcasting network, a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), a Personal Area Network (PAN), a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), an intranet, the Internet, a cloud-based network, and a shared-channel network including a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), a Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL), a DisplayPort, a Universal Serial Bus (USB), a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), and an on-chip bus including Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA).
15. A method comprising:
periodically counting and producing, at a first media device, a number of audio/video (“A/V”) samples;
generating a pace clock based on the number of A/V samples;
generating a target clock based on the pace clock; and
transmitting an A/V media stream based on a frequency difference between a pace frequency relating to the pace clock and a target frequency relating to the target clock.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the production of the number of A/V samples is based on A/V packets received from a second media device over a network.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the frequency difference is compared to a predefined frequency threshold to determine transmission of the A/V media stream.
18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising a display device coupled to the first media device to display the A/V media stream.
19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first media device comprises a sink device including one or more of a television, a cinema display, a projector, a Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) player, a Blu-ray player, a computing device, a smartphone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a game console, a docking station, a cable adapter, and a dongle, wherein the second media device comprises a source device including a network computing system, a cable set-top box, a cable headend, a satellite broadcasting system, a Blu-ray player, a DVD player, a smartphone, and a PDA.
20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the network comprises one or more of a broadcasting network, a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), a Personal Area Network (PAN), a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), an intranet, the Internet, a cloud-based network, and a shared-channel network including a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), a Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL), a DisplayPort, a Universal Serial Bus (USB), a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), and an on-chip bus including Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA).