System and method for providing dynamic deblocking filtering on a mobile device

A non-transitory computer readable medium for applying a deblocking filter in a decoding process to frames of a video according to processor usage in a computing device;

• the computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions executed by a processor of said computing device for:
• computing an environment indicator indicative of a current state of said computing device by determining current processor usage, by referencing an expected decoding order of a plurality of future frames beyond a next frame to determine if future processor usage is expected to increase or decrease, and by referencing one or more of a current decode frame rate and a target decode frame rate, to determine if future processor usage is expected to increase or decrease;
• comparing said environment indicator to a primary threshold, said primary threshold being indicative of a maximum acceptable processor usage;
• if said primary threshold is met, foregoing any deblocking filtering;
• or
• if said primary threshold is not met, comparing said environment indicator to one or more secondary thresholds and applying a respective one of a plurality of deblocking filters to said video according to which one of said secondary thresholds is met, each said plurality of deblocking filters having a different complexity.

A hardware processor of a computing device configured for applying a deblocking filter in a decoding process to frames of a video according to processor usage, comprising:

• said hardware processor configured for executing computer executable instructions on said computing device to:
• compute an environment indicator indicative of a current state of said computing device by determining current processor usage, by referencing an expected decoding order of a plurality of future frames beyond a next frame to determine if future processor usage is expected to increase or decrease, and by referencing one or more of a current decode frame rate and a target decode frame rate, to determine if future processor usage is expected to increase or decrease;
• compare said environment indicator to a primary threshold, said primary threshold being indicative of a maximum acceptable processor usage;
• if said primary threshold is met, forego any deblocking filtering;
• or
• if said primary threshold is not met, compare said environment indicator to one or more secondary thresholds and applying a respective one of a plurality of deblocking filters to said video according to which one of said secondary thresholds is met, each said plurality of deblocking filters having a different complexity.