Video stream

A method comprising:

• analyzing, using a codec selector comprising a plurality of application programming interfaces (APIs), a video stream that characterizes a series of successive frames of video to select a boundary of a plurality of partitions of the video stream, wherein the boundary of each partition of the plurality of partitions is based on characteristics of a graphical element within a respective partition of the plurality of partitions;
• labeling each of the plurality of partitions with a label using the plurality of APIs;
• assigning, using the codec selector, a different respective codec among the plurality of different codecs to each of the respective partitions labeled by the plurality of APIs, such that:
• a first codec is assigned to a first partition among the plurality of partitions to compress the first partition in response to a determination that the graphical elements of first partition include text or two dimensional graphics;
• a second codec is assigned to a second partition among the plurality of partitions to compress the second partition in response to a determination that the graphical elements of the second partition include three dimensional graphics;
• and
• a third codec is assigned to a third partition among the plurality of partitions to compress the third partition in response to a determination that the graphical elements of the third partition include video data;
• receiving a compressed partition from each of the plurality of codecs;
• and
• generating a compressed video stream, the compressed video stream comprising:
• each of the compressed partitions;
• mapping data that characterizes compression format of each of the compressed partitions;
• and
• boundary data that characterizes a boundary of each of the compressed partitions.

A non-transitory computer readable medium to store machine readable instructions, the machine readable instructions comprising:

• a server comprising:
• a client interface to process a request for a video stream comprising a plurality of successive frames provided from a client computer via a network;
• a codec selector comprising:
• a plurality of application programming interfaces (APIs), each API to:
• monitor a component of a system control that facilitates generation of graphical elements in the video stream;
• identify a partition of the video stream that provides a type of graphical element;
• and
• label a different partition of the video stream;
• wherein the codec selector assigns:
• a first codec to a first partition among the plurality of partitions labeled by the plurality of APIs, in response to a determination that the graphical elements of the first partition include text or two dimensional graphics;
• a second codec to a second partition among the plurality of partitions to compress the second partition in response to a determination that the graphical elements of the second partition include three dimensional graphics;
• and
• a third codec to a third partition among the plurality of partitions to compress the third partition in response to a determination that the graphical elements of the third partition include video data;
• and
• a codec mapper to merge each compressed partition to provide a compressed video stream to the client interface, wherein a given frame of the compressed video stream is compressed with multiple encoding schemes;
• wherein the compressed video stream comprises:
• mapping data that characterize compression format of each of the compressed partitions;
• and
• boundary data that characterizes a boundary of each of the compressed partitions.