Methods for video encoding in low-latency streaming

A system for encoding data for low-latency streaming, the system comprising:

• memory circuitry comprising a reference frame data structure configured to store a plurality of frames;
• control circuitry coupled to the memory circuitry, wherein the control circuitry is configured to:
• encode a plurality of frames of a video, wherein the plurality of the encoded frames of the video comprises at least one intra-coded key frame and at least one inter-coded frame;
• add a respective identifier of each encoded frame of a subset of the plurality of the encoded frames of the video to a reference frame data structure;
• encode a first frame as a first inter-frame, wherein the first inter-frame references at least one encoded frame of the reference frame data structure;
• determine, based at least in part on properties of a stream, a probability of the first inter-frame being dropped during at least one of transmission or decoding of the first inter-frame;
• based on the probability of the first inter-frame being dropped, cause the first inter-frame to be omitted from the reference frame data structure;
• encode a second frame of the video that is subsequent to the first frame by encoding the second frame as a second inter-frame, wherein the second inter-frame references at least one encoded frame of the reference frame data structure that omits the first inter-frame.