Method and system for media file compression

• US 8,761,244 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2010
• Issued: 06/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Liu, Jun, Chen, Jingchang, Wang, Xinliang
• Primary Examiner(s): AN, SHAWN S
• Application Number:
  US13/500,883
• Publication Number:
  US 20120201290A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,457 Days
• Field of Search: 375/240.01, 375/240.24, 375/240.25, 375/240.26, 375/240.28, 375/240.27, 382/233, 382/235, 382/239, 382/232
• US Class Current: 375/240.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/172 the region being a picture, frame or field
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/176 the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/40 using video transcoding, i.e. partial or full decoding of a coded input stream followed by re-encoding of the decoded output stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/44 Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/61 in combination with predictive coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/85406 involving a specific file format, e.g. MP4 format

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for media file compression, which includes: extracting the encoding parameters from an input media file, separating and decoding the audio and video stream from the input media file, and extracting an original audio stream and an original video stream; computing the transcoding parameters required for compression according to the encoding parameters; encoding the original audio stream to output a new compressed audio stream, and encoding the original video stream to output a new compressed video stream according to the transcoding parameters; synthesizing the new compressed audio stream and the new compressed video stream to create a new media file. The present invention also provides a system for media file compression. By means of the method and system of the present invention, users can realize simple and rapid compression for media files of various formats without understanding media expertise, and the storage space can be saved, so that it is convenient to carry, transfer and share the media files.

Claims

1. A method for media file compression, comprising:

extracting encoding parameters from an input media file, separating and decoding audio and video streams from the input media file, and extracting an original audio stream and an original video stream;

computing transcoding parameters required for a compression according to the encoding parameters;

encoding the original audio stream to output a new compressed audio stream, and encoding the original video stream to output a new compressed video stream, according to the transcoding parameters; and

synthesizing the new compressed audio stream and the new compressed video stream to create a new media file;

wherein the encoding parameter comprises video encoding parameter and audio encoding parameter, wherein the video encoding parameter comprises original video encoder type, original video encoding bit rate, original video encoding frame rate, and original video resolution; and

the audio encoding parameter comprises original audio encoder type, original audio encoding bit rate, original audio channel number, and original audio sample rate;

the transcoding parameter comprises video transcoding parameter and audio transcoding parameter, wherein the video transcoding parameter comprises target video encoder type, target video encoding bit rate, target video encoding frame rate, and target video resolution; and

the audio transcoding parameter comprises target audio encoder type, target audio encoding bit rate, target audio channel number, and target audio sample rate;

the method further comprises computing the target video encoding frame rate required for the compression;

computing the target video encoding frame rate required for the compression is;

comparing the original video encoding frame rate with a predetermined threshold value of the video encoding frame rate;

if the original video encoding frame rate is larger than or equal to the threshold value, determining the target video encoding frame rate to be equal to the threshold value; and

if the original video encoding frame rate is smaller than the threshold value, determining the target video encoding frame rate to be the same as the original video encoding frame rate.

2. The method for media file compression according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises computing the target video encoding bit rate required for the compression;

computing the target video encoding bit rate required for the compression is;

computing a ratio K_fps between the target video encoding frame rate and the original video encoding frame rate, computing a ratio K_pix between the target video resolution and the original video resolution, and obtaining an alternative target video encoding bit rate in an equation of K_fps·

K_br·

original video encoding bit rate, wherein K_br represents a predetermined target bit rate decreasing coefficient;

selecting a most approximate reference resolution from a predetermined reference correspondence table according to the target video resolution, comparing a reference bit rate corresponding to the selected reference resolution with the alternative target video encoding bit rate, and selecting the smaller bit rate as the target video encoding bit rate required for the compression.

3. The method for media file compression according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises computing the audio transcoding parameter required for the compression;

computing the audio transcoding parameter required for the compression is;

determining that the target audio sample rate is the same as the original audio sample rate, and the target audio channel number is the same as the original audio channel number;

determining that the target audio encoder type is Advanced Audio Coding (AAC);

computing a ratio between the original audio encoding bit rate and the original video encoding bit rate, and judging whether the ratio is larger than a predetermined threshold value; and

if yes, lowering the target audio encoding bit rate by one or two levels;

otherwise determining the target audio encoding bit rate to be the same as the original audio encoding bit rate.

4. A system for media file compression, comprising:

a media information extraction module configured to extract encoding parameters from an input media file;

a transcoding parameter computation module configured to computer transcoding parameters required for a compression according to the encoding parameters;

an audio and video stream separation module configured to separate audio and video streams from the input media file to obtain an audio compressed stream and a video compressed stream;

an audio decoding module configured to decode the separated audio compressed stream to extract an original audio stream;

a video decoding module configured to decode the separated video compressed stream to extract an original video stream;

an audio encoding module configured to encode the original audio stream according to the transcoding parameters to output a new compressed audio stream;

a video encoding module configured to encode the original video stream according to the transcoding parameters to output a new compressed video stream; and

an audio and video streams synthesis module configured to synthesize the new compressed audio stream with the new compressed video stream to create a new media file;

wherein the encoding parameter comprises video encoding parameter and audio encoding parameter, wherein the video encoding parameter comprises original video encoder type, original video encoding bit rate, original video encoding frame rate, and original video resolution; and

the audio encoding parameter comprises original audio encoder type, original audio encoding bit rate, original audio channel number, and original audio sample rate;

the transcoding parameter comprises video transcoding parameter and audio transcoding parameter, wherein the video transcoding parameter comprises target video encoder type, target video encoding bit rate, target video encoding frame rate, and target video resolution; and

the audio transcoding parameter comprises target audio encoder type, target audio encoding bit rate, target audio channel number, and target audio sample rate;

wherein the transcoding parameter computation module is further configured to compute the target video encoding frame rate required for the compression,

computing the target video encoding frame rate required for the compression is;

comparing the original video encoding frame rate with a predetermined threshold value of the video encoding frame rate;

if the original video encoding frame rate is larger than or equal to the threshold value, determining the target video encoding frame rate to be equal to the threshold value; and

if the original video encoding frame rate is smaller than the threshold value, determining the target video encoding frame rate to be the same as the original video encoding frame rate.

5. The system for media file compression according to claim 4, wherein the transcoding parameter computation module is further configured to compute the target video encoding bit rate for the compression,

computing the target video encoding bit rate required for the compression is:

computing a ratio K_fps between the target video encoding frame rate and the original video encoding frame rate, computing a ratio K_pix between the target video resolution and the original video resolution, and obtaining an alternative target video encoding bit rate in an equation of K_fps·

K_pix·

K_br·

original video encoding bit rate, wherein K_br represents a predetermined target bit rate decreasing coefficient;

selecting a most approximate reference resolution from a predetermined reference correspondence table according to the target video resolution, comparing a reference bit rate corresponding to the selected reference resolution with the alternative target video encoding bit rate, and selecting the smaller bit rate as the target video encoding bit rate required for the compression.