Techniques for generating wave front groups for parallel processing a video frame by a video encoder

An article comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions that when executed enable processing circuitry to:

• divide a video frame comprising pixels into a number of macroblocks, each macroblock comprising a number of pixels within multiple macroblock boundaries;
• create at least two regions having a plurality of macroblocks by dividing the video frame diagonally along a wave front boundary;
• generate wave front groups comprising one or more macroblocks to process in parallel;
• and
• assign each macroblock to a wave front group starting at a beginning value after the wave front boundary.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• dividing, by a processing component, a frame comprising pixels into a number of macroblocks, each macroblock comprising a number of pixels within multiple macroblock boundaries;
• creating, by the processing component, at least two regions having a plurality of macroblocks by dividing the frame diagonally along a wave front boundary;
• and
• generating, by the processing component, wave front groups comprising one or more macroblocks to process in parallel;
• and
• assigning each macroblock to a wave front group starting at a beginning value after the wave front boundary.