Abstract

In this paper we present a unique approach towards parallelizing the Software MPEG-2 Video Encoder. The approach involves the division of encoding process spatially, between four similar processors with distributed memory system, in such a way that each frame of the input video sequence is divided into four separate sections, each individually processed by a processor. The results thus produced were compared with those of the Sequential Encoder for a number of different input bitstreams and a speedup in the range of 3 to 3.5 with four processors was successfully obtained.

Keywords:
Encoder Computer science Speedup Encoding (memory) Frame (networking) Process (computing) Division (mathematics) Software Parallel computing MPEG-4 Computer hardware MPEG-2 Artificial intelligence Coding (social sciences) Arithmetic Programming language Operating system

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Citation History

Topics

Video Coding and Compression Technologies
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Signal Processing
Advanced Data Compression Techniques
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Embedded Systems Design Techniques
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Hardware and Architecture
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