With the growing popularity of variable network technologies, it is highly desirable to enable effective and quick browsing of remote multimedia content. In this paper we present some initial steps towards a full digital Video Cassette Recording functionality in multimedia streaming applications such as Video-On-Demand, video broadcasting and remote video editing. We propose a transcoding scheme for H.264/AVC video that fully utilizes the benefits of recently proposed SP- and SI-frames to facilitate user-friendly remote stream browsing and editing. The transcoding parameters can be adaptively changed and optimized to support different characteristics of H.264 video streams.
