Adaptive video processing of an interactive environment

A method comprising:

• determining a packet loss parameter associated with a video packet transmission based on packet reception information, wherein the packet reception information comprises a number of packets received by a video receiving device during an amount of time;
• adaptively adjusting a communication parameter based at least on the packet loss parameter to form an adjusted communication parameter based at least on a feedback loop between a pre-processor and an encoder, wherein the communication parameter comprises:
• a scaling factor for scaling an unencoded video signal,
• a video quantization factor for encoding the unencoded video signal, and
• a level of payload protection for adjusting a protection level of packet loss;
• pre-processing, by the pre-processor, the unencoded video signal with at least the scaling factor to form a pre-processed video signal, wherein the pre-processing further comprises pre-processing a frame of pixel data by discarding one or more of even and odd lines of the frame of pixel data to obtain a field of pixel data;
• encoding, by the encoder, the pre-processed video signal with at least the video quantization factor to form an encoded signal;
• adjusting a protection level of packet loss on the encoded signal with at least the level of payload protection;
• and
• transmitting the encoded signal and the adjusted communication parameter.

An adaptive video processing system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• memory storing computer executable instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the processor to:
• determine a packet loss ratio associated with a video packet based on packet reception information, wherein the packet reception information comprises a number of packets received by a video receiving device during an amount of time;
• adaptively adjust a communication parameter based at least on the packet loss ratio to form an adjusted communication parameter based at least on a feedback loop between a pre-processor and an encoder, wherein the communication parameter comprises:
• a scaling factor for scaling an unencoded video signal,
• a video quantization factor for encoding the unencoded video signal, and
• a level of payload protection for adjusting a protection level of packet loss;
• pre-process, by the pre-processor, the unencoded video signal with at least in part the scaling factor to form a pre-processed video signal;
• encode, by the encoder, the pre-processed video signal with at least in part the video quantization factor to form an encoded signal;
• adjust a protection level of packet loss on the encoded signal with at least in part the level of payload protection;
• and
• transmit the encoded signal and the adjusted communication parameter to the network.