Segmenting and transcoding of video and/or audio data

摘要

In various embodiments, an encoder may be configured to divide received content in a first format into one or more segments and then to transcode the previously-divided segments into other formats and/or bitrates for presentation. In various embodiments, the encoder may include multiple segmenting computing devices configured to perform the dividing of the content into segments. The encoder may also include multiple transcoding computing devices configured to transcode the divided segments into a format for presentation. In various embodiments, the computing devices may be configured to communicate with each other via a network to determine which content has been divided into segments and which divided segments have been transcoded. The determination may be performed autonomously by the devices. Thus, in various embodiments, the devices included in the encoder may be configured to perform segmenting and transcoding on a distributed basis without necessarily requiring coordination by any one device.

主权项

1. A system for transcoding video or audio data, the system comprising:
a plurality of segmenting computing devices configured to communicate and to transfer the video or audio data between one another, where the plurality of segmenting computing devices are configured to divide the video or audio data and generate a plurality of segments of video or audio data, wherein the video or audio data is received in a first video format and the video or audio data segments remain in the first video format after dividing, and wherein at least one segmenting computing device of the plurality of segmenting computing devices is configured to:
receive indications from other segmenting computing devices, of the plurality of segmenting computing devices, as to segments of video or audio data that have been or will be generated;determine whether the other segmenting computing devices are sufficient to divide the video or audio data based on the received indications, andfor a potential segment of video or audio data, autonomously determine whether to generate the potential segment of video or audio data based at least in part on the received indications; and one or more transcoding computing devices coupled to the plurality of segmenting computing devices and configured to transcode the segments of video or audio data in the first video format into a second video format.