1. A method for detecting slipping of a heating roller of a fixing apparatus, the heating roller including a core, an elastic body layer surrounding the core, an adhesive layer surrounding the elastic body layer, and a metal layer surrounding the adhesive layer, the method comprising:
calculating a peripheral speed of the heating roller based on a rotation speed of a core member;
detecting an actual peripheral speed of the heating roller;
judging that the heating roller is damaged, when the calculated peripheral speed is different from the detected actual peripheral speed; and
stopping operation of image forming when the judging step judges that the heating roller is damaged,
wherein a damage of the heating roller includes a separation between the core and the adhesive layer andor a separation between the adhesive layer and the elastic layer.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein a marker area to detect the actual peripheral speed of the heating roller is formed on a surface of the heating roller.
3. A method according to claim 2, wherein the marker area includes a line extending along an axis of the heating roller.
4. A method according to claim 2, wherein the marker area includes a mark adapted for readout by an optical reading element.
5. A method according to claim 1, further comprising notifying that exchange of the heating roller for a new one is required or that the heating roller is damaged, when the heating roller is judged to be damaged.
6. A methof for detecting slipping of a heating roller of a fixing apparatus, the heating roller including a core, an elastic body layer surrounding the core, an adhesive layer surrounding the elastic body layer, and a metal layer surrounding the adhesive layer, the method comprising:
calculating a peripheral speed of the heating roller based on a rotation speed of a core member;
detecting an actual peripheral speed of the heating roller; and
judging that slippage occurs between the adhesive layer and the metal layer andor between the adhesive layer and the elastic body layer, when the calculated peripheral speed is different from the detected actual peripheral speed.
7. A method according to claim 6, wherein a marker area to detect the actual peripheral speed of the heating roller is formed on a surface of the heating roller.
8. A method according to claim 7, wherein the marker area includes a line extending along an axis of the heating roller.
9. A method according to claim 7, wherein the marker area includes a mark adapted for readout by an optical reading element.
10. A method according to claim 6, further comprising notifying that exchange of the heating roller for a new one is required or that the heating roller is damaged, when the heating roller is judged to be damaged.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for use in converting multimedia content, comprising:
receiving media data in a first format;
initiating a first conversion of the media data at the first format to a second converted format;
identifying parameters dictating the conversion to the second converted format;
recording the parameters; and
distributing the recorded parameters to remote systems such that the parameters at least in part control the remote systems during a conversion of the media data to the second converted format.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying the parameters comprises adjusting a set of parameters to improve the conversion of the media data in the first format to the second converted format; and
the recording the parameters comprises recording the adjusted set of parameters.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the adjusting the set of parameters comprises adjusting video parameters that are utilized to optimize a generation of a video image upon encoding of the media data to the second converted format.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying the parameters comprises adjusting a parameter to enhance conversion of the media data to the second converted format;
initiating a second conversion of the of the media data in the first format to the second converted format while applying the adjusted parameter;
determining whether a quality of the media data converted to the second converted format during the second conversion has been enhanced relative to the media data converted to the second converted format achieved during the first conversion; and
the recording comprises recording the adjusted parameter.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining a quality of the media data in the second converted format; and
the identifying the parameters comprises identifying a set of parameters that improve data quality of the media data in the second format upon a subsequent conversion of the media data in the first format to the second converted format.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining a quality of at least a first portion of the media data in the second converted format;
adjusting a set of parameters;
re-converting at least the first portion of the media data at the first format to the second converted format while applying the set of adjusted parameters producing at least a first portion of an adjusted media data in the second converted format;
determining whether the first portion of the adjusted media data in the second converted format has a quality that exceeds a quality of the first portion of the media data in the second converted format; and
the recording the parameters comprises recording the set of parameters when the first portion of the adjusted media data in the second converted format has a quality that exceeds the quality of the first portion of the media data in the second converted format.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the re-converting comprises initiating a segment re-encode of at least the first portion of the media data at the first converted format.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
converting the media data in the first format to a third converted format; and
the distributing comprises distributing the recorded parameters and the media data in the third converted format to the remote systems to be used by remote systems in playing back the media data.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving media data in the first format comprises receiving the media data in an original source format.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the media data comprises receiving media data in the first format converted from an original source format.
11. A method for use in converting media content, comprising:
receiving a first formatted content stream configured according to a first format;
initiating a first conversion of the first formatted content to a second format producing a second formatted content;
recording a first set of parameters that at least in part control the conversion from the first format to the second format;
evaluating at least a first portion of the second formatted content;
adjusting a first parameter;
recording the adjustment of the first parameter; and
supplying the first set of parameters and the adjustment of the first parameter to a remote system.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
initiating a second conversion of at least the first portion of the first formatted content to the second format while applying the adjusted first parameter producing a first portion of third formatted content formatted according to the second format;
evaluating the first portion of the third formatted content; and
implementing the recording of the adjustment of the first parameter when the first portion of the third formatted content is desired over the first portion of the second formatted content.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the supplying the first set of parameters and the adjustment of the first parameter comprises supplying the first set of parameters and the adjustment of the first parameter to the remote system to be utilized to at least in part control a remote conversion of the first formatted content stream to the second format.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein the supplying the first set of parameters and the adjustment of the first parameter comprises distributing the first set of parameters and the adjustment of the first parameter with the first formatted content to the remote system.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein the supplying the first set of parameters and the adjustment of the first parameter comprises streaming the first set of parameters and the adjustment of the first parameter over a network to the remote system communicationally coupled with the network.
16. The method of claim 11, wherein the initiating the first conversion comprises decoding at least the first portion of the first formatted content producing decoded content and encoding the decoded content according to the second format.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the evaluating at least the first portion of the second formatted content comprises decoding formatted second content and determining a quality of the decoded formatted second content.
18. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
receiving an initial set of parameters associate with the content in the first format; and
applying the initial set of parameters during the first conversion.
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:
reviewing the initial set of parameters following the evaluating of at least the first portion of the second formatted content;
determining that a second parameter is set in the initial set of parameters; and
preventing action relative to the second parameter.
20. An apparatus for use in converting multimedia content, comprising:
a converter system that receives content in a first format and converts the content to a second format;
a memory storing a plurality of parameters that control the converter system during the conversion of the content to the second format;
an analyzer system coupled with the converter system to receive the second formatted content, analyzes a quality of the second formatted content, and determines adjustments to a first set of parameters; and
a distribution unit coupled with the converter that detects the adjustments to the first set of parameters and distributes at least the adjustment to the first set of parameters to remote client systems.
21. The apparatus of claim 20, further comprising:
an adjustor system coupled with the converter system and the analyzer, such that the adjuster system receives the determined adjustments from the analyzer, implements the adjustments to the first set of parameters and applies the first set of parameters to the converter system.
22. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the converter comprises a transcoder.
23. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the analyzer system comprises a user interface.
24. A method for use in converting content, comprising:
receiving media content in a first converted format converted from a source format for distribution of the media content;
receiving parameter data associated with the media for use in converting the media content to a secondary format;
converting the media content in the first converted format to the secondary format;
applying the parameter data while converting the media content to the secondary format such that the parameter data at least in part controls the conversion of the media content to the secondary format.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein the receiving the parameter data comprises:
determining whether the parameter data is received with the media content in the first converted format;
retrieving the parameter data when the parameter data is received with the media content in the first converted format; and
remotely retrieving the parameter data from over a network when the parameter data is not with the media content in the first converted format.
26. The method of claim 24, wherein the applying the parameter data comprises:
identifying a portion of the media content to convert to the secondary format;
determining whether parameters are to be altered for the portion of the media content;
altering the parameter data when the parameter data is to be adjusted for the portion of the media content;
converting the portion of the media content while applying the altered parameter data to the secondary format; and
providing access to the media content from the secondary format.