Accelerated video encoding

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2011-04-19

2011-04-19

Payne, David C. (Department: 2611)

Pulse or digital communications

Bandwidth reduction or expansion

C375S213000, C386S283000, C386S331000, C386S346000, C725S020000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07929599

ABSTRACT:
A video encoding acceleration service to increase one or more of the speed and quality of video encoding is described. The service acts as an intermediary between an arbitrary video encoder computer program application and arbitrary video acceleration hardware. The service receives one or more queries from the video encoder to identify implementation specifics of the video acceleration hardware. The service interfaces with the video acceleration hardware to obtain the implementation specifics. The service communicates the implementation specifics to the video encoder. The implementation specifics enable the video encoder to: (a) determine whether one or more of speed and quality of software encoding operations associated with the video encoder can be increased with implementation of a pipeline of one or more supported encoding pipeline configurations and capabilities, and (b) implement the pipeline by interfacing with the service.

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