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Title: A real-time MPEG software decoder using a portable message-passing library

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OSTI ID:192531

We present a real-time MPEG software decoder that uses message-passing libraries such as MPL, p4 and MPI. The parallel MPEG decoder currently runs on the IBM SP system but can be easil ported to other parallel machines. This paper discusses our parallel MPEG decoding algorithm as well as the parallel programming environment under which it uses. Several technical issues are discussed, including balancing of decoding speed, memory limitation, 1/0 capacities, and optimization of MPEG decoding components. This project shows that a real-time portable software MPEG decoder is feasible in a general-purpose parallel machine.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
192531
Report Number(s):
ANL/MCS/CP-86088; CONF-951069-2; ON: DE96004812
Resource Relation:
Conference: 7. IEEE symposium on parallel and distributed processing, San Antonio, TX (United States), 25-28 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English