Abstract: An apparatus having a circuit is disclosed. The circuit may be configured to (i) generate a complexity value by encoding a current picture in a video signal, where the current picture is encoded using a current one of a plurality of configurations, (ii) calculate an estimate in response to the complexity value and (iii) reconfigure the encoding into a new one of the configurations in response to the estimate relative to one or more thresholds. The configurations may include a normal configuration and one or more simplified configurations. The estimate generally describes a computational stress that the encoding of the current picture placed on the circuit. The new configuration may be different from the current configuration.

Abstract: An apparatus having a memory and a circuit is disclosed. The memory may be configured to store multiple reference pictures. The circuit may be configured to (i) generate multiple compressed pictures by compressing each uncompressed picture using the reference pictures and a constant-bit budget and (ii) generate multiple new reference pictures in the memory by decompressing the compressed pictures. A subset of the compressed pictures may each be divided into a first area, a second area and a third area. The first areas are generally intra-encoded. Each motion vector of the second areas in the compressed pictures may point outside the third areas of the reference pictures. The first areas in the reference pictures that were decompressed from the subset of the compressed pictures may incorporate content from the third areas.

Abstract: An apparatus having a circuit is disclosed. The circuit may be configured to (i) generate a complexity value by encoding a current picture in a video signal, where the current picture is encoded using a current one of a plurality of configurations, (ii) calculate an estimate in response to the complexity value and (iii) reconfigure the encoding into a new one of the configurations in response to the estimate relative to one or more thresholds. The configurations may include a normal configuration and one or more simplified configurations. The estimate generally describes a computational stress that the encoding of the current picture placed on the circuit. The new configuration may be different from the current configuration.