Advanced mobile multimedia applications: using MPEG-21 and time-dependent metadata

Robbie De Sutter; Sam Lerouge; Wesley De Neve; Peter Lambert; Rik Van de Walle

doi:10.1117/12.508638

19 November 2003 Advanced mobile multimedia applications: using MPEG-21 and time-dependent metadata.

Robbie De Sutter, Sam Lerouge, Wesley De Neve, Peter Lambert, Rik Van de Walle

Proceedings Volume 5241, Multimedia Systems and Applications VI; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.508638
Event: ITCom 2003, 2003, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

While the price of mobile devices is dropping quickly, the set of features and capabilities of these devices is advancing very dramatically. Because of this, new mobile multimedia applications are conceivable, also thanks to the availability of high speed mobile networks like UMTS and Wireless LAN. However, creating such applications is still difficult due to the huge diversity of features and capabilities of mobile devices. Software developers also have to take into account the rigorous limitation on processing capabilities, display possibilities, and the limited battery life of these devices. On top of that, the availability of the device resources fluctuates strongly during execution of an application, directly and violently influencing the user experience, whereas equivalent fluctuations on traditional desktop PC's are far less prominent. Using new technology like MPEG-4, -7 and -21 can help application developers to overcome these problems. We have created an MPEG-21-based Video-on-Demand application optimized for mobile devices that is aware of the usage environment (i.e., user preference, device capabilities, device conditions, network status, etc.) of the client and adapts the MPEG-4 videos to it. The application is compliant with the Universal Multimedia Access framework, supports Time-Dependent Metadata, and relies on both MPEG-4 and MPEG-21 technology.

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Robbie De Sutter, Sam Lerouge, Wesley De Neve, Peter Lambert, and Rik Van de Walle "Advanced mobile multimedia applications: using MPEG-21 and time-dependent metadata.", Proc. SPIE 5241, Multimedia Systems and Applications VI, (19 November 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.508638

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