Audio and Video Communication

A server for transmitting related audio and video streams to network edge devices, the server comprising:

• a play-out skew correction component for adjusting relative time bases of the related audio and video streams to compensate for skew which will arise during transmission to an edge device or during processing of the streams by the edge device, and
• an incoming stream skew correction component for performing time base adjustment for incoming related audio and video streams from an edge device, and for saving said streams to a media store, in which the skew correction is performed prior to the storage and synchronized data is stored.

A method of operation of an audio and video server, the method comprising:

• a play-out skew correction component transmitting related audio and video streams to a network edge device, and adjusting relative time bases of the related audio and video streams to compensate for skew which will arise during transmission to the edge device or during processing of the streams by the edge device, and the edge device playing the audio and video streams in synchronized manner without performing any skew correction, and
• an incoming stream skew correction component performing time base adjustment for incoming related audio and video streams from an edge device, and saving said streams to a media store, in which the skew correction is performed prior to the storage and synchronized data is stored.