Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for the creation of multi-codec encoding profiles (or encoding ladders), which define quality and bitrate for each of the streams made available to clients for streaming a video. In particular, optimization techniques may take into account a quality rate function of each of the codecs when determining the encoding ladder. Additional considerations may include a network bandwidth distribution and/or a distribution of client types.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for the creation of multi-codec encoding profiles (or encoding ladders), which define quality and bitrate for each of the streams made available to clients for streaming a video. In particular, optimization techniques may take into account a quality rate function of each of the codecs when determining the encoding ladder. Additional considerations may include a network bandwidth distribution and/or a distribution of client types.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for the creation of multi-codec encoding profiles (or encoding ladders), which define quality and bitrate for each of the streams made available to clients for streaming a video. In particular, optimization techniques may take into account a quality rate function of each of the codecs when determining the encoding ladder. Additional considerations may include a network bandwidth distribution and/or a distribution of client types.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for the creation of multi-codec encoding profiles (or encoding ladders), which define quality and bitrate for each of the streams made available to clients for streaming a video. In particular, optimization techniques may take into account a quality rate function of each of the codecs when determining the encoding ladder. Additional considerations may include a network bandwidth distribution and/or a distribution of client types.

Abstract: Transform coefficients of sample blocks of a macroblock of a video picture are encoded by adaptively encoding a combination, the number of non-zero coefficients before the trailing one coefficients and the number of trailing one coefficients. The transform coefficients may be further encoded by adaptively encoding one or more of the signs of the trailing one coefficients, the level measures of the interposed in the non-zero coefficients. Adaptive encoding of the number and trailing one coefficients may be performed in view of one or more neighboring sample blocks, whereas adaptive encoding of level measure may be performed in view of quantization parameters of a macroblock and previously encoded level measures. Decoding may be performed in an inverse manner.

Abstract: A video receiver/renderer is provided with a decoder equipped with hardware and/or software components adapted to decode at least two slices of a video in parallel, in part. In various embodiments, the decoder is constituted with multiple decoding units or decoding instructions that can be executed in multiple threads. A decoding unit/thread is advantageously equipped to determine whether a slice has decoding dependency, if so, whether the portion(s) of the video on which a slice's decoding is dependent has/have been decoded. If the result of the latter determination is negative, the decoding unit suspends itself until the determination result is affirmative. If the slice has no decoding dependency or the determination result is affirmative, the decoding unit proceeds to decode the slice.

Abstract: A method for removing noise from a video input, prior to encoding includes receiving a frame of a video signal, identifying noise within the frame, and eliminating the noise from the frame. The video frame may then be encoded.

Abstract: In a video image compression and transmission system, quantization parameters for a block transform based video compression algorithm can be controlled by a quantizer selector so as to control compressed video frame size. The selection of the appropriate quantization parameter for the nth macroblock of a current frame is based on the cumulative number of compressed bits appearing in the first n-1 macroblocks of a current frame and a previous frame. By controlling the quantization parameter is such a manner, the overall system reacts more quickly to changes in complexity in the video sequence and allocates bits more accurately to different parts of the video frame according to a past history of bit allocation. To efficiently utilize the bandwidth of a transmission medium (such as POTS), a bit count of the contents of the transmit buffer is sent to a buffer regulator in a video controller where it is compared to a low water mark threshold.

Abstract: A program is executed on a first computer. In response to an error being detected in the execution of the program, the computer automatically retrieves revision code stored on another computer to revise the program.

Abstract: A feedback mechanism for adaptively enabling and disabling an advanced prediction mode for video data processing is disclosed. A quantization parameter (QP) threshold is set and a QP mean for an error frame is determined. The advanced prediction mode is enabled if the QP mean is less than the QP threshold.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for adaptively enabling a PB frames mode for video data processing. If the PB frames mode is enabled for a given pair of video pictures, and if the motion compensated prediction error for the B-picture in the most recently encoded PB frame is greater than the motion compensated prediction error for the P-picture in same PB frame multiplied by a constant, the PB frames mode is disabled for the PB frame. Otherwise, the PB frames mode remains enabled. If the PB frame is disabled by the PB decision logic, it may remain disabled until certain encoding parameters are met.