Network-based dynamic encoding

A method for encoding data comprising:

• capturing data based on an adjustable sampling rate for encoding;
• encoding the captured data based on dynamically adjustable encoding parameters for transmission;
• receiving back channel information comprising network capacity information, encoding error information, and encoding customization requests received from a client device;
• dynamically setting the adjustable encoding parameters for encoding the captured data based on the back channel information, the encoding parameters updated based on changes in the back channel information;
• modifying the sampling rate of data capture for encoding asynchronously from the encoding parameters based on the received back channel information;
• identify encoding errors in the encoded data based on the back channel information;
• adjusting the encoding parameters responsive to the encoding error information;
• and
• encoding data captured at the modified sampling rate using the adjusted encoding parameters for transmission.

A system for decoding a data stream, the system comprising:

• a decoding unit, of a client device, having an input, a first output and second output, for decoding a data stream, identifying encoding errors and collecting back channel information comprising network capacity information and encoding customization requests of the client device, the input of the decoding unit coupled to receive an encoded data stream, the first output of the decoding unit providing a decoded data output, and the second output of the decoding unit providing the identified encoding errors and the back channel information;
• and
• a command process module coupled to the decoding unit for receiving the identified encoding errors and the back channel information, the command process module configured to transmit the identified encoding errors and the back channel information for:
• calculating dynamically adjustable encoding parameters for encoding the data stream received at the client device based on the identified encoding errors and the back channel information;
• and
• calculating a sampling rate for capturing data encoded for the data stream received at the client device based on the back channel information, the sampling rate adjusted asynchronously from the encoding parameters based on the network capacity information.