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Scenario #3  2002 and beyond
lBit splicing technologies should be about ready
nAllow direct splicing of compressed bit streams
nBit stream recorders (with varied interfaces)
nSimple, intelligent decoders (multi-format)
nEasier mixing of various scanning and compressed file formats.