Methods and systems for resizing multimedia content based on quality and rate information

A method performed by a multimedia encoding device, the method comprising:

• determining that a plurality of data segments, which are associated with flows of digital multimedia data, do not fit within a bandwidth;
• and
• in response to determining that the plurality of data segments do not fit within the bandwidth:
• selecting a first subset of the plurality of data segments based on a first size reduction's impact on the quality of the first subset of the plurality of data segments;
• and
• applying the first size reduction to the selected first subset of the plurality of data segments such that the plurality of data segments fit within the bandwidth.

A system comprising:

• a multimedia encoding device configured to:
• determine that a plurality of data segments, which are associated with flows of digital multimedia data, do not fit within a bandwidth;
• and
• in response to determining that the plurality of data segments do not fit within the bandwidth:
• select a first subset of the plurality of data segments based on a first size reduction's impact on the quality of the first subset of the plurality of data segments;
• and
• apply the first size reduction to the selected first subset of the plurality of data segments such that the plurality of data segments fit within the bandwidth.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for determining that a plurality of data segments, which are associated with flows of digital multimedia data, do not fit within a bandwidth;
• and
• means for, in response to determining that the plurality of data segments do not fit within the bandwidth:
• selecting a first subset of the plurality of data segments based on a first size reduction's impact on the quality of the first subset of the plurality of data segments;
• and
• applying the first size reduction to the selected first subset of the plurality of data segments such that the plurality of data segments fit within the bandwidth.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon one or more machine-executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:

• determining that a plurality of data segments, which are associated with flows of digital multimedia data, do not fit within a bandwidth;
• and
• in response to determining that the plurality of data segments do not fit within the bandwidth:
• selecting a first subset of the plurality of data segments based on a first size reduction's impact on the quality of the first subset of the plurality of data segments;
• and
• applying the first size reduction to the selected first subset of the plurality of data segments such that the plurality of data segments fit within the bandwidth.