A digital video encode system, method and computer program product are described wherein a picture is divided into multiple active areas that are parallel encoded using multiple encoders. The encoders associated with adjoining active areas of the picture are configured to exchange reference data to facilitate...http://www.google.de/patents/US6356589?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6356589 - Sharing reference data between multiple encoders parallel encoding a sequence of video frames
