Systems and methods for multiple channel video encoding in a shared resource environment

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and methods for encoding a plurality of video channels in a shared resource environment. For a plurality of frames in the video channels, complexity metrics are computed, each estimating content complexity of a corresponding frame; and encoding budget metrics are computed, each defining an allocation of bits for encoding the corresponding frame. The encoding budget metrics of a particular video channel are computed to reduce anticipated encoding distortion in the particular video channel. A resource allocation is determined that allocates a portion of total resources of the shared resource environment for encoding each of the video channels. The resource allocation is determined to reduce anticipated encoding distortion across the video channels based on the encoding budgets and the complexity metrics. Encoding configurations are selected based on the resource allocation, each for encoding a corresponding video channel.