Abstract: Operating software commitment may be provided. First, a subscriber device may be configured using a factory software and a service provider software may be downloaded. Next, it may be verified that the subscriber device is properly configured. In response to verifying that the subscriber device is properly configured, the service provider software may then be committed to the subscriber device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing and encoding video data is presented that allocates available bandwidth, and hence image quality, in dependence upon the relative speed of motion of objects in a sequence of images forming the video data. Fast moving objects are allocated less quality, or precision, than slower moving or stationary objects. In a preferred embodiment of this invention, the quantization step size is dependent upon the magnitude of the motion vector associated with each block in each frame of a video sequence. In a further embodiment of this invention, the quantization step size is also dependent upon the location of each block in each frame, providing more precision to a central area of each frame. To reduce computational complexity, a motion activity map is created to identify areas of higher precision based upon the location and motion associated with each block.