Transparent Integration of Continuous Media Support into a Multimedia DBMS

Multimedia Database Management Systems (MMDBMS) have to efficiently provide the specific functionalities required by time-dependent multimedia data types. During presentation playout, this requires support for continuous data delivery and media-oriented optimization of presentation quality according to users' requirements. In this work, we describe our way to integrate this type of support transparently with other MM-DBMS functions like media editing and querying. This has been achieved by extending an existing data model, in particular by means of stream ions for editing and presentation, and by extending the system architecture by means of supporting stream processing components, e.g., for intra-media synchronization by adaptation. This approach has been implemented as an extension of existing commercial object-relational DBMS technology.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1998
• Where: IADT
• Authors: Silvia Hollfelder, Florian Schmidt, Matthias Hemmje, Karl Aberer
• Keywords: Continuous Data Delivery, IADT 1998, Multimedia Database Management, Time-dependent Multimedia Data