Patent ID: 9712835
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for processing a video file using a plurality of worker computing resources, the method comprising the steps of: receiving the video file; receiving a desired target encoding format for the video file; determining a load associated with a processing of the video file, the load being determined based on a desired frame rate of the received desired target encoding format, a duration of the video file, and a term comprising a product of a number of rows in the desired target encoding format and a number of columns in the desired target encoding format, wherein the product is raised to an exponent that is determined based on a speed of the plurality of worker computing resources; determining a number of a plurality of partitions of the video file according to the determined load and a load capacity of each worker computing resource of the plurality of worker computing resources; partitioning the video file into the plurality of partitions of the video file, each of the plurality of partitions corresponding to a time interval of the video file; processing the plurality of partitions of the video file in parallel with the plurality of worker computing resources to produce a plurality of processed partitions; and providing a processed video file based on the plurality of processed partitions, wherein the processed video file is encoded in the desired target encoding format.