Method and apparatus including system architecture for multimedia communications

A server-based controller, wherein a plurality of client-server entities are connected together through a telecommunications network, a server provides video and/or audio information to a selective one or plurality of its clients, said server-based controller operating a plurality of video and/or audio information production devices based upon video and/or audio information supplied to, or received from a telecommunications network, comprising:

• an input/output means for receiving or transmitting video and/or audio information from or to a telecommunications network;
• a monitor means connecting to said input/output device for moderating external run-time status or condition of said telecommunications network;
• and
• accommodation means for dynamically controlling or adjusting corresponding transmission bandwidth requirement for said video and/or audio information, wherein said accommodation means determines said transmission requirement according to said external network status or condition, said accommodation means does not determine audio/video transmission ratio according to internal content of the transmission, said accommodation means further dynamically adjust and output a single bit stream for transmission.