Crop-based compression of videos

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor and a memory;
• wherein said memory is configured to retain a video, wherein the video comprises a sequence of video frames, wherein the sequence of video frames comprises at least a first frame and a second frame, wherein the first frame is chronologically ordered before the second frame in the sequence of video frames;
• determining to preserve the first frame in its entirety;
• determination to utilize a partial frame instead of the second frame;
• and
• in response to the determination to utilize a partial frame instead of the second frame:
• cropping the second frame to determine a cropped frame, wherein the cropped frame is smaller in at least one dimension than the second frame, wherein said cropping is based on an anchor location;
• whereby an alternative video can be constructed using the first frame and the cropped frame, wherein the alternative video does not include a remainder portion of the second frame.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium retaining program instructions, which program instructions, when read by a processor, cause the processor to:

• obtain retain a video, wherein the video comprises a sequence of video frames, wherein the sequence of video frames comprises at least a first frame and a second frame, wherein the first frame is chronologically ordered before the second frame in the sequence of video frames;
• determining to preserve the first frame in its entirety;
• determination to utilize a partial frame instead of the second frame;
• and
• in response to the determination to utilize a partial frame instead of the second frame:
• cropping the second frame to determine a cropped frame, wherein the cropped frame is smaller in at least one dimension than the second frame, wherein said cropping is based on an anchor location;
• whereby an alternative video can be constructed using the first frame and the cropped frame, wherein the alternative video does not include a remainder portion of the second frame.