Adaptable media processing architectures

摘要

Various methods and systems are provided for adaptable media processing architectures. In one example, among others, an adaptable coding architecture for servicing media streams includes media processing resources and a controller that supports a first media stream by placing media processing pipeline resources in a single stream configuration and that causes a transition from the single stream configuration to a multiple stream configuration of the media processing resources. For example, the transition may be made to simultaneously support encoding or decoding another media stream. In another example, a device includes media processing resources and a controller that causes an adaptive reconfiguration of media processing resources to support simultaneous coding related processing of both a new media stream and at least one ongoing media stream, which may cause a reallocation of at least a part of the media processing resources from an ongoing media stream to the new media stream.

主权项

1. An adaptable encoding system comprising:
a plurality of media encoding pipeline resources comprising at least one video compression circuit; a controller circuit configured to:
support a first media stream of a plurality of media streams by placing at least a first portion of the plurality of media encoding pipeline resources in a single stream configuration, the single stream configuration defining a single stream encode pathway that comprises the at least one video compression circuit; andcause a transition from the single stream configuration to a multiple stream configuration of the plurality of media encoding pipeline resources by reconfiguring a plurality of interconnections of the plurality of media encoding pipeline resources, at least one of the plurality of interconnections comprising a hardware interconnection coupled to the at least one video compression circuit, the transition being made to simultaneously support encoding both the first media stream and a second media stream of the plurality of media streams, the multiple stream configuration defining both a first encode pathway for the first media stream and a second encode pathway for the second media stream, the first encode pathway differing from the single stream encode pathway, wherein the second media stream comprises different media content than the first media stream.