Reliable Internet Video Experimental Research (RIVER - like RAT:-)

Requirements
	Low CPU and Memory Cost 
	(run in PC/Windows - lots of video streams)
	(use VIS or MMX for video/audio and protocol?)

	Scalable (up to very hi/broadcast quality)
	(non exponential scale - e.g. for wireless?)

	instrumented
	(statistics sampling, feedback/RTCP?)

	user interface flexibility 
	(e.g. add security
	parameters/behaviour feedback, 
	pricing interfaces, quality feedback etc)

	multi-processor 
	(especially. transcoder?)

	external CODECs 
	(e.g. MPEG 1,2,4,7 cards ?)
	Object based (and other) grabber API

	Flexible Protocol API (e.g. 
	add generic FEC, or not, add
	retransmit/reliability or not etc)
	(Signal interface - e.g. to YAM or RSVP or similar)

	RTSP and Conf Bus Interfaces 
	(transcoder control , agents/filters etc)

	Adaption Hooks 
	(e.g. Q, Spatial and Temporal quality, other etc)

	Multimedia Device I/O Control 
	(camera pan/track, eye track audio synchronisation)

	New Coders 
	(wavelet, fractal, other)

	Scheduler Hooks?

	Transcoder versus user tool  Implementations
	(CUT THROUGH etc?)

	Java3D/VRML/MPEG4 Integration?
	Direct X etc

Questions:

	Mash Component Architecture?
	Language (Java, C++/OTCL, C ??)
	?