Method for processing multimedia streams

A machine readable medium having embodied thereon instructions, which when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform a method comprising:

• determining whether one or more components that comprise a multimedia stream require real-time processing;
• if at least one of the one or more components require real-time processing, assigning the one or more components that require real-time processing to one or more real-time processes;
• and
• assigning any remaining components to one or more non-real-time processes.

A system, comprising:

• a bus;
• a processor coupled to the bus;
• a network interface card coupled to the bus;
• memory coupled to the processor, the memory adapted for storing instructions, which upon execution by the processor:
• determine whether one or more components that comprise a multimedia stream require real-time processing;
• if at least one of the one or more components require real-time processing, assign the one or more components that require real-time processing to one or more real-time processes;
• and
• assign any remaining components to one or more non-real-time processes.

A device, comprising:

• a stream unwrapper unit operable to unwrap a first multimedia stream into its individual components;
• a process assigning unit operable to assign each of the one or more components to one or more processes;
• algorithmic processing logic operable to process each of the one or more individual components;
• and
• a stream wrapper unit operable to wrap at least one of the one or more processed individual components into a second multimedia stream.