TIME-OFFSET REGULATED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZATION AND RATE CONTROL OF MEDIA DATA

A method and a device for performing the method, are presented. According to the method at a step a reference time is received. At a further step an offset time using the reference time and a local time is computed. At another step a media data is received. At a yet another step the offset time on the media data is stamped and at still another step the media data is received into a first buffer and made available for processing substantially immediately. At a subsequent step the media data may be supplied to a sink unit according to the stamped offset time, the local time and an associated time.