The VuSystem: a programming system for compute-intensive multimedia

Author

Lindblad, Christopher J. ; Tennenhouse, David L.

Author_Institution

Lab. for Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

14

Issue

7

fYear

1996

fDate

9/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1298

Lastpage

1313

Abstract

In compute-intensive multimedia applications, the computer not only manipulates media, but also digests it and performs independent actions based on media content. We present a design approach that applies the programming techniques of visualization systems to the development of compute-intensive multimedia applications. We describe an implementation based on this approach, and report performance measurements that demonstrate it is practical. We conclude with a description of some applications that have been implemented and a discussion of the implications for the design and engineering of operating systems

Keywords

Unix; application program interfaces; multimedia computing; operating systems (computers); performance evaluation; programming environments; visual programming; Unix API; VuSystem; compute-intensive multimedia; graphical user interface; media content; network traffic; operating systems; performance measurements; programming system; programming techniques; system engineering; systems design; visualization systems; Application software; Computer applications; Encyclopedias; Laboratories; Multimedia databases; Multimedia systems; Sun; TV; Videoconference; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.536481

Filename

536481