1. A method of modulating a compressed video stream for variable-bandwidth transmission, wherein the compressed video stream uses Fine Granularity Scalable (FGS), the method comprising the steps of providing a source of a video stream; providing a display having means for generating a control input signal for controlling video compression; compressing the video stream from the source using a video compression with FGS to generate a compressed output video stream having a base layer and at least one enhancement layer, video compression performed based upon the control input signal from the display; transmitting the compressed output video stream; displaying the transmitted compressed output video stream.