Patent ID: 9037761
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: at a processor, receiving configuration data provided by a first software driver associated with a first read stream and configuration data provided by a second software driver associated with a second read stream, the first read stream being associated with a first video codec format, and the second read stream being associated with a second video codec format different than the first video codec format, the configuration data provided by the first software driver comprising a first starting location for a first region of a shared pre-fetch buffer associated with the first read stream and the configuration data provided by the second software driver comprising a second starting location for a second region of the shared pre-fetch buffer associated with the second read stream; and configuring the shared pre-fetch buffer, in response to the configuration data associated with the first and the second stream, to support processing of the first read stream and processing of the second read stream.