VideoMR: a map and reduce framework for real-time video processing

Abstract

This paper presents VideoMR: a novel map and reduce framework for real-time video processing on graphic processing units (GPUs). Using the advantages of implicit parallelism and bounded memory allocation, our approach enables developers to focus on implementing video operations without taking care of GPU memory handling or the details of code parallelization. Therefore, a new concept for map and reduce is introduced, redefining both operations to fit to the specific requirements of video processing. A prototypic implementation using OpenGL facilitates various operating platforms, including mobile development, and will be widely interoperable with other state-of-the-art video processing frameworks.