Time Indexing Video System

The Time Indexing Video System is an application that extents the TIX Core to provide direct access to parts of an MPEG2 video stream from a specific point within the stream. By having a configurable start time and duration the video is accessed without needing to split the video stream into many small sections.

The configurable times can be specified as offsets into the video, such as from 10 minutes from the start, for a duration of 2 minutes.

The Time Indexing Video System is suitable for many applications, including the following business sectors:

• video download, for use by record labels or video libraries to allow users to see part of a video
• security camera playback, for use by stores or shoppimg centers to replay CCTV for security and monitoring purposes

The video retrieved from the TIX Video System can be delivered to the end-user in various ways. These include:

• directly to an video player
• via an embedded web-based player
• using a network protocol, such as RTP

The extentions to the TIX core that constitute the TIX video system are flexible enough so that they can be part of a bespoke application or can be made as part of an existing application.

When Time Indexing is to be added to an existing application, TIX video can use the existing video files, but add the indexing separately. Using this approach, TIX does not interfere with the existing application, but co-exists with it, allowing the existing data to be utilized more effectively.

For ease of integration into applications, the TIX Video system is written in Java, so that it is totally portable to any platform. It can be used in standalone applications, be part of J2EE application, or embedded in a web-based application.