Source clock recovery in wireless video systems

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a transceiver of a receiver, encoded pixels of frames from a transmitter;
• detecting, by logic of the receiver, a start of frame and a corresponding transmitter counter value in wirelessly received data, wherein the transmitter counter value corresponds to a time at which an encoder of the transmitter detected the start of frame;
• capturing, by the logic, a receiver counter value responsive to a decoder of the receiver detecting the start of frame;
• comparing, by the logic, the transmitter counter value to the receiver counter value;
• and
• adjusting, by the logic, a pixel decoding rate of a decoder in the receiver based on a difference between the transmitter counter value and the receiver counter value.

A system comprising:

• a transmitter configured to:
• encode pixels of frames;
• and
• transmit the encoded pixels of frames;
• and
• a receiver configured to:
• receive wireless data including the encoded pixels of frames from the transmitter;
• detect a start of frame and a corresponding transmitter counter value in the received wireless data, wherein the transmitter counter value corresponds to a time at which an encoder of the transmitter detected the start of frame;
• capture a receiver counter value responsive to a decoder of the receiver detecting the start of frame;
• compare the transmitter counter value to the receiver counter value;
• and
• adjust a pixel decoding rate of a decoder in the receiver based on a difference between the transmitter counter value and the receiver counter value.