System for video compression

An encoding engine, comprising:

• a U-compression core configured to encode a U value for a macro block based on data for the macro block to generate U-color output;
• a V-compression core configured to encode a V value for the macro block based on data for the macro block to generate V-color output;
• a Y-compression core configured to:
• encode a Y value for the macro block based on data for the macro block to generate Y output,
• for a separate-color-plane stream, patch, by the Y-compression core, the Y output, the U-color output, and the V-color output together at the end of a frame, to generate encoded YUV data;
• and
• for a non-separate-color-plane stream, patch, by the Y-compression core, a second Y output encoded by the Y-compression core, a second U-color output encoded by the U-compression core, and a second V-color output encoded at the V-compression core at the end of a macroblock, to generate second encoded YUV data;
• wherein encoding the U value, encoding the V value, and encoding the Y value occur simultaneously.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to encode video data having a luma-chroma format (“YUV format”) by:

• encoding a U value, by a U-compression core, for a macro block based on data for the macro block to generate U-color output;
• encoding a V value, by a V-compression core, for the macro block based on data for the macro block to generate V-color output;
• encoding a Y value, by a Y-compression core, for the macro block based on data for the macro block to generate Y output;
• for a separate-color-plane stream, patch, by the Y-compression core, the Y output, the U-color output, and the V-color output together at the end of a frame, to generate encoded YUV data;
• and
• for a non-separate-color-plane stream, patch, by the Y-compression core, a second Y output encoded by the Y-compression core, a second U-color output encoded by the U-compression core, and a second V-color output encoded at the V-compression core at the end of a macroblock, to generate second encoded YUV data;
• wherein encoding the U value, encoding the V value, and encoding the Y value occur simultaneously.