Tcl commands as media in a distributed multimedia toolkit

Jonathan L. Herlocker, Joseph A. Konstan

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Abstract

This paper discusses the design and implementation of a command stream based on Tcl. A command stream is a series of arbitrary commands that can be tightly synchronized with other media in a distributed multimedia presentation. In TclStream, we represent an arbitrary command as a collection of fragments of Tcl code. The command stream medium supports the standard manipulation functions of multimedia environments: reverse, fast-forward, random access, and variable speed. The ability to specify arbitrary actions, combined with fine playback control, make TclStream an extremely flexible and powerful presentation medium.

Original languageEnglish (US)
StatePublished - 1995
EventUSENIX 3rd Annual Tcl/Tk Workshop, TCL/TK 1995 - Toronto, Canada
Duration: Jul 6 1995Jul 8 1995

Conference

ConferenceUSENIX 3rd Annual Tcl/Tk Workshop, TCL/TK 1995
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto
Period7/6/957/8/95

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
*This work was supported in part by grants from the National Science Foundation (IRI-9410470) and the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota.

Publisher Copyright:
© 1995 USENIX 3rd Annual Tcl/Tk Workshop, TCL/TK 1995. All rights reserved.

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