Patent ID: 9602817
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving by a processing device a bitstream comprising a first portion of compressed pictures encoded at a first encoding level, the first portion of the compressed pictures corresponding to a first picture resolution; determining a ratio of a picture size of at least one picture of the first portion of the compressed picture and a picture size of the largest picture encoded at the first encoding level; determining a first number of picture buffers for processing of the first portion of the compressed pictures, wherein the first number of picture buffers are determined based on the determined ratio; mapping the first number of picture buffers in a memory allocated for decoding of bitstream; receiving auxiliary information corresponding to a second portion of the compressed pictures encoded at a second encoding level, the second portion of the compressed pictures corresponding to a second picture resolution, the auxiliary information being received prior to the second portion of the compressed pictures; and determining whether to reallocate the allocated memory for processing the second portion of the compressed pictures, wherein determining whether to reallocate the memory comprises: