Synchronous media rendering of demuxed media components across multiple devices

A system for media playback of media containing multiple media components to media rendering devices, comprising:

• an internet protocol communication network that is connected to the internet communication network;
• a media service adapted to communicate with the communication network and capable of storing media and delivering media over the communication network, the media comprising a plurality of media components drawn from a set consisting of video, audio, and image media components;
• a media service adapted to communicate with the communication network and that provides media, the media comprising a plurality of media components drawn from the set of video, audio, and image media components;
• a primary media rendering device capable of rendering a media component, and adapted to communicate with the communication network;
• and
• a secondary media rendering device capable of rendering a media component, and adapted to communicate with the communication network;
• wherein the primary and secondary media rendering devices receive notification of a set of media to be rendered and request the set of media from the media service;
• wherein the primary and secondary media rendering devices have access to global clock values that are synchronized to each other;
• wherein the primary media rendering device associates the start of the media with a clock value and notifies the secondary media rendering device of the clock value;
• and
• wherein the primary and secondary rendering devices initiate rendering the media component when the global clock value reaches the clock value associated with the start of the media.