Patent ID: 8837605

Claim:
An apparatus for performing compressed video bitstream conversion with reduced algorithmic delay, the apparatus comprising: a pass-through module configured to: extract from incoming data packets corresponding to an incoming bitstream of video data, a series of discrete media stream units, wherein each said media stream unit comprises an encoded representation of video data; and re-packetize the extracted media stream units into outbound data packets for outward transmission, wherein segmentation of one or more of the extracted media stream units within the outbound data packets is different from segmentation of the same one or more media stream units within the incoming data packets, and wherein segmentation of the extracted media stream units within the outbound data packets is determined based on at least one data packaging rule applicable to a network transport layer carrying the outbound data packets; a trans-coding module configured to vary a format used to represent the incoming bitstream of video data; and a switch module coupled to the pass-through module and the trans-coding module, wherein the switch module is configured to respond to a determination that available bandwidth of the outgoing network connection is insufficient to accommodate bitrate of the incoming bitstream of video data, by routing the incoming bitstream of video data to the trans-coding module to vary at least one encoding parameter of said incoming bitstream of video data.