Architecture for multi-channel video processing

A method for displaying video data from N number of video channels in a display, the method comprising:

• decoding, with N number of video decoders, a part of video data received in N number of video channels;
• inputting the decoded part of the video data into P number of video processing pipelines through a switch network;
• and
• processing, by the P number of video processing pipelines, the decoded part of the video data in the N number of video channels.

A method comprising:

• receiving an image size and a location in a display;
• receiving a designated number of an N number of video channels to be displayed in the image;
• and
• performing the following for each of the designated number of the N number of video channels:
• decoding, with one of an N number of video decoders, a frame of video data received in the video channel;
• inputting the decoded frame into one of a P number of video processing pipelines through a non-blocking switch network;
• processing, by the one of the P number of video processing pipelines, the decoded frame;
• and
• storing the processed decoded frame into a part of a video buffer that is not updating the display.

A system for displaying video data from a designated number of N number of video channels on a video display terminal, the system comprising:

• an N number of video sources, wherein each of the N number of video sources is to generate video data in a video channel of the N number of video channels;
• and
• a video logic comprising:
• an N number of video decoders, wherein each of the N number of video decoders is to receive the video data from one of the N number of video channels and to decode the video data;
• and
• a P number of video processing pipelines coupled to the N number of video decoders through a switch network, the switch network configured to connect any of the outputs from the N number of video decoders to any of the inputs into the P number of video processing pipelines, wherein one of the P number of video processing pipelines is to process the decoded video data from one of the N number of video decoders.