A method according to claim 3, wherein the amount of null information is determined by the equation: NSTUFF=N last +N next +N splc -N new
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A method according to claim 2, wherein the data streams are bit-streams encoded according to a standard developed by the motion-picture experts group (MPEG) and the amount of null information is a number of stuffing bits to be inserted before a sequence start code of the second data stream.Ĥ. Transmitting a second portion of the second data stream to the buffer at the data rate of the second data stream.ģ. Transmitting a first portion of the second data stream to the buffer at the data rate of the first data stream and A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the second data stream to the buffer includes the steps of: Retrieving the spliced data stream from the buffer.Ģ. Transmitting the second data stream to the buffer and Transmitting the determined amount of null information to the buffer
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Transmitting the first data stream, up to the selected boundary to the buffer
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A method of splicing first and second data streams representing respective first and second encoded signals at a selected boundary in the first data stream using a buffer, wherein each of the first and second data streams has a plurality of decoding time stamps representing times at which data is retrieved from the buffer, the method comprising the steps of:Īnalyzing the first and second data streams to determine an amount of null information to be inserted in the first data stream after the selected boundary, wherein The amount of null data is determined from the decoding time stamps in the first and second data streams