Compromise Solution

• Java Media Framework, subset of pJava AWT, Broadcast HTML (BHTML)

• Allows any content format decoder to work with JMF

• Broadcast HTML:

  • Profile HTML 3.0, remove parts that are not pertinent for broadcast (e.g., tables)
  • Add parts of CSS1, and perhaps pieces of SMIL
  • Add tags for
    • Accurate positioning of elements on screen
    • Tight temporal synchronization between Audio, Video and Data

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