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Systems, methods, and media for transcoding video data

  • US 10,715,806 B2
  • Filed: 03/11/2019
  • Issued: 07/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for transcoding a source video file into a set of multiple alternate video streams, the method comprising:

  • generating, at a computer system configured as a media metadata generation device, media metadata related to the source video file prior to decoding, during a transcoding of, at least a portion of the source video file, where the media metadata comprises scene complexity information;

    providing information based on the media metadata from the computer system to a plurality of transcoding devices; and

    performing the following at each of the plurality of transcoding devices in parallel;

    receiving the at least a portion of the source video file, including a first plurality of encoded images encoded according to a source format, from a media content source;

    decoding the at least a portion of the source video file based on the source format to generate a decoded portion of video including a plurality of decoded images;

    receiving the information based on the media metadata from the computer system; and

    encoding the plurality of decoded images of the decoded portion of video into an alternate video stream including a second plurality of encoded images based on a target format and the information based on the media metadata, the alternate video stream being one of the set of multiple alternate video streams.

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