Various embodiments are directed to techniques for dividing compressed video data into portions for load balancing or redundancy among multiple video transcoders. A device includes an analysis component to analyze NAL units of compressed video data representing a motion video to identify a GOP refresh, and to compare a period of time represented by frames of the motion video following the GOP refresh to a maximum; a division component to divide the compressed video data at a first point coincident with the GOP refresh to define a start of a compressed video portion, and at a second point to define an end of the compressed video portion to include frames of the motion video representing a shorter period of time between the first and second points than the maximum; and an assignment component to assign the compressed video portion to a transcoding device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Various embodiments are directed to techniques for dividing compressed video data into portions for load balancing or redundancy among multiple video transcoders. A device includes an analysis component to analyze NAL units of compressed video data representing a motion video to identify a GOP refresh, and to compare a period of time represented by frames of the motion video following the GOP refresh to a maximum; a division component to divide the compressed video data at a first point coincident with the GOP refresh to define a start of a compressed video portion, and at a second point to define an end of the compressed video portion to include frames of the motion video representing a shorter period of time between the first and second points than the maximum; and an assignment component to assign the compressed video portion to a transcoding device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

A video source access method and a video source access device are provided. In some embodiments, the method includes acquiring an address identifier of a video source supporting a certain format, where the video source includes video data in the format carrying a timestamp; acquiring, based on the address identifier, the video data in an ascending order of the timestamp carried in the video data; converting the video data from the format into a preset common video format to obtain the video data in the common video format; and inputting the video data in the common video format to a service device to achieve an access to the video source.

A first signal in a first color format is received. The first signal is transformed to a second signal in a second color format to be compressed using an encoder. Before encoding, the chroma components of the second signal are reshaped according to the statistical characteristics of the chroma components of the first signal to generate a third signal. In a decoder, an inverse reshaping functions is applied to the chroma components of the decoded signal to generate an approximation of the second signal.

A first encoder encodes an input image by using a first encoding algorithm. A memory stores a decoded image obtained by decoding a code generated by the first encoder. A converter converts a shape of a block of the input image that is segmented into a plurality of blocks. A second encoder encodes the block converted by the converter according to the decoded image by using a second encoding algorithm that is different from the first encoding algorithm.

The disclosure discloses a method and device for allocating a transcoding task, the method including: obtaining the transcoding task to be allocated; determining the number of standard processing units to be occupied by the transcoding task to be allocated; obtaining current load states of respective transcoders; selecting a target transcoder according to the number of standard processing units to be occupied for the transcoding task to be allocated, and the current load states of the respective transcoders so that the load state of the target transcoder to which the transcoding task to be allocated has been added is still in a normal state; allocating the transcoding task to be allocated, to the target transcoder; and updating the current load state of the target transcoder.

The disclosure discloses a method and device for allocating a transcoding task, the method including: obtaining the transcoding task to be allocated; determining the number of standard processing units to be occupied by the transcoding task to be allocated; obtaining current load states of respective transcoders; selecting a target transcoder according to the number of standard processing units to be occupied for the transcoding task to be allocated, and the current load states of the respective transcoders so that the load state of the target transcoder to which the transcoding task to be allocated has been added is still in a normal state; allocating the transcoding task to be allocated, to the target transcoder; and updating the current load state of the target transcoder.

A method for encoding an image descriptor (H) based on gradient histograms (h.sub.p) into a transformed descriptor (V) having transformed subdescriptors (v.sub.p), wherein each gradient histogram (h.sub.p) includes a plurality of histogram bins (h.sub.i) and each subdescriptor (v.sub.p) includes a set of values (v.sub.j), wherein the subdescriptors (v.sub.p) are generated according to an element utilization order list specifying a subdescriptor index (p) of the set of sub descriptors (v.sub.p) and an element index (j) of the set of values (v.sub.j).

A method and apparatus for decoding a compressed video is disclosed. The method comprises scrambling the compressed video, to produce a scrambled compressed video; delivering the scrambled compressed video to a decoder, for decoding the scrambled compressed video to produce a scrambled decompressed video; receiving from the decoder the scrambled decompressed video; and descrambling the scrambled decompressed video, to produce a descrambled decompressed video.

A method and apparatus for decoding a compressed video is disclosed. The method comprises scrambling the compressed video, to produce a scrambled compressed video; delivering the scrambled compressed video to a decoder, for decoding the scrambled compressed video to produce a scrambled decompressed video; receiving from the decoder the scrambled decompressed video; and descrambling the scrambled decompressed video, to produce a descrambled decompressed video.