Method and apparatus for performing digital-to-digital video insertion
CA 2388944 C · Owner: Sedna Patent Services, Llc · Inventors: Gordon, Donald F.
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Techniques for seamlessly inserting a second compressed video stream (e.g. for an advertisement) into a first compressed video stream (e.g. for a , program video), which can be implemented in an ad insertion processor (112) that , typically includes a real time encoder (202a) (e.g. an MPEG encoder) a , buffer , (204a), a profiler (112), a multiplexer (112) and a splicer (112). The , profiler , receives the first compressed video stream and provides a "profile" for the stream, which may include bit rate and other information about the stream. The real time , encoder (202a) receives and encodes a second video in accordance with a particular , encoding scheme to generate the second …
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