Player for adaptive MPEG video streaming over the Internet

This paper describes the design and implementation of a real-time, streaming, Internet video and audio player. The player has a number of advanced features including dynamic adaptation to changes in available bandwidth, latency and latency variation; a multi-dimensional media scaling capability driven by user-specified quality of service (QoS) requirements; and support for complex content comprising multiple synchronized video and audio streams. The player was developed as part of the QUASAR project at Oregon Graduate Institute, is freely available, and serves as a testbed for research in adaptive resource management and QoS control.