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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2014
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Ryan James Lothian, London, GB;
Liam Thomas Barden, London, GB;
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for assigning videos to multi-stream and single-stream decoders is disclosed. The method determines a ranking of each of a plurality of videos. The method further identifies a type of each video for at least part of the plurality of videos. The method also determines a configuration of a plurality of hardware decoders to decode a subset of the plurality of videos for simultaneous presentation on a screen of a user device. The configuration may define a mode of each of the plurality of decoders. The method further assigns the subset of videos to the plurality of hardware decoders for decoding according to the configuration.