Abstract
This paper presents an interoperable framework for the
streaming of scalable multimedia content such as Scalable
Video Coding (SVC). In particular, the framework’s
architecture for both, Video on Demand (VoD) and multicast
streaming, is presented. The architecture includes a detailed
description of the adaptation engine – conforming to MPEG-
21 Digital Item Adaptation – as well as the integration of the
adaptation engine into VideoLAN’s VLC media player,
which provides the streaming server and client for the
framework. Following the description of the architecture, a
comparison in terms of performance of the generic MPEG-21
DIA-based adaptation approach, which is utilized by the
described demo, versus an SVC-specific adaptation approach
is presented and possible further improvements for both
approaches are investigated.

Keywords: Scalable Video Coding, Adaptation, Video on
Demand, Multicasting, MPEG-21 Digital Item Adaptation.