Multimedia communication bridge

A method comprising:

• receiving a first incoming video frame of a first data stream, the first incoming video frame compliant with a first multimedia communication standard, the first incoming video frame including first video data and first non-video data;
• extracting at least a portion of the first non-video data from a non-video area of the first incoming video frame;
• receiving a second incoming video frame of the first data stream, the second incoming video frame compliant with the first multimedia communication standard, the second incoming video frame including second video data and second non-video data;
• and
• generating a second data stream compliant with a second multimedia communication standard different from the first multimedia communication standard, the second data stream including an outgoing video frame, the outgoing video frame including at least the second video data of the second incoming video frame and the extracted portion of the first non-video data of the first incoming video frame, wherein the first multimedia communication standard is a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) 2.0 standard, and the second multimedia communication standard is a HDMI 2.1 standard.

A method comprising:

• receiving a first incoming video frame of a first data stream, the first incoming video frame compliant with a first multimedia communication standard, the first incoming video frame including first video data and first non-video data;
• extracting at least a portion of the first non-video data from a non-video area of the first incoming video frame, wherein the extracting comprises:
• identifying one or more packets in the non-video area of the first incoming video frame having a first predefined header, and
• extracting a payload from the identified one or more packets;
• receiving a second incoming video frame of the first data stream, the second incoming video frame compliant with the first multimedia communication standard, the second incoming video frame including second video data and second non-video data:
• generating a second data stream compliant with a second multimedia communication standard different from the first multimedia communication standard, the second data stream including an outgoing video frame, the outgoing video frame including at least the second video data of the second incoming video frame and the extracted portion of the first non-video data of the first incoming video frame, wherein the generating comprises generating one or more packets including the extracted portion of the first non-video data, the generated one or more packets having a second predefined header different than the first predefined header;
• and
• wherein the first predefined header is not defined in the first multimedia communication standard, and the second predefined header is defined in the second multimedia communication standard, the second predefined header identifying a type of packet in a frame-accurate packet area of the outgoing video frame.