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Polymorphic codec system and method

  • US 8,675,733 B2
  • Filed: 06/12/2012
  • Issued: 03/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A media compression method comprising:

  • compressing a plurality of segments of a media signal with a codec supporting multiple compression methods, wherein the codec automatically selects different compression methods to respectively compress at least two of the segments, wherein the at least two compression methods are automatically selected to produce a highest compression quality for the respective segments according to a set of criteria without exceeding a target data rate for an output signal including the at least two compressed segments; and

    transmitting the output signal to the destination system with an indication of which compression method was used by the codec to compress the at least two segments.

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