1. A method for coordinating the handling of information, the method comprising: scheduling multiple processing tasks for processing multimedia data by a processor; prioritizing said multiple processing tasks based on a deadline selected from at least one real deadline for said multiple processing tasks; preprocessing at least a portion of said scheduled and prioritized multiple processing tasks ahead of a respective scheduled execution time associated with said at least said portion of said scheduled and prioritized multiple processing tasks; and buffering information of said preprocessed portion of said scheduled multiple processing tasks within a modifiable buffer that handles overflow and underflow.