Methods and apparatus for simulating a virtual camera using a computer to generate analytics of a video

A method, comprising:

• receiving, at a cloud compute device, a plurality of video files from a plurality of remote compute devices;
• and
• generating, via the cloud compute device and for each video file from the plurality of video files, a set of analytics from a plurality of sets of analytics, by:
• encoding that video file, at a first software container from a set of software containers, to generate an encoded video file;
• at least one of multiplexing or packetizing the encoded video file at a second software container from the set of software containers, the second software container different from the first software container, to generate a video stream;
• and
• causing generation, via a third software container from the set of software containers, the third software container different from the second software container, of a set of analytics associated with that video file and included in the plurality of sets of analytics, based on the video stream and using a virtualized software application environment.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor operatively coupled to the memory and configured to:
• receive, at a first software container from a plurality of software containers, and from a remote compute device, a video file;
• encode the video file, at the first software container, to generate an encoded video file;
• at least one of multiplex or packetize the encoded video file at a second software container from the plurality of software containers, to generate a video stream, the second software container different from the first software container;
• and
• cause a set of analytics associated with the video file to be generated at a third software container from the plurality of software containers, the third software container different from the second software container, based on the video stream and using a virtualized software application environment.