System and method for transmitting audio and video data over an asynchronous link that provides a synchronous recreation of the transmitter's data clock at a receiver

A data transmission and distribution system that includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter transmits a count value associated with a data clock of the transmitter to the receiver over an asynchronous link as part of an information payload that also includes audio or video information. The data clock is synchronously recreated at the receiver using only a system clock associated with the receiver and the transmitted count value.