An implementation of streaming video in HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
Web pages combines video signals in MPEG digital television format with
Internet World Wide Web pages in HTML format. Internet streaming video is
transcoded into MPEG-2 digital video format and multiplexed along with
other MPEG-2 digital video signals for transport within a multiple
channel digital video system. A navigational control map, transmitted
from the headend to the CATV set-top box in a fixed location i n the
MPEG-2 video data steam, permits the CATV set-top to find the requested
video clip in a predetermined Packet Identifier of the MPEG-2 data
stream. The viewer controls the video clip (e.g., play, pause, resume,
restart etc.) during the session. In the two-way embodiment, the set-top
transmits control commands to the headend, which implements the command
in MPEG-2 video. The disclosed arrangement allows the available MPEG-2
decoder hardware in the CATV set-top box to be used to display streaming
video without requiring additional hardware or additional RAM memory.