Selectable transcode engine systems and methods

An electronic device, comprising:

• video encoding pipeline circuitry comprising a first transcode engine and a second transcode engine configurable to encode source image data;
• and
• processing circuitry configured to cause only the first transcode engine to encode a bin stream or both the first and second transcode engines to encode the bin stream based on determining:
• whether a target throughput for the bin stream is greater than a throughput threshold;
• and
• when the target throughput is greater than the throughput threshold, whether an expected latency associated with encoding the bin stream is greater than a latency threshold.

A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to:

• cause only a first transcode engine of video encoding pipeline circuitry to encode a bin stream or both the first transcode engine and a second transcode engine of the video encoding pipeline circuitry to encode the bin stream based on determining:
• whether a target throughput for the bin stream is greater than a throughput threshold;
• and
• when the target throughput is greater than the throughput threshold, whether an expected latency associated with encoding the bin stream is greater than a latency threshold.