If desired, one or more of the single-segment-optimized encoding profiles may be pruned from consideration as the event-adapted encoding profile, based on constraints. As an example, a given single-segment-optimized encoding profile, when applied to its optimal segment, may result in a high quality encoding exceeding a minimum quality cutoff. However, encoding another video segment with that same encoding profile may result in lower quality encoding that does not meet the minimum quality cutoff. In other words, selecting an event-adapted encoding profile from the set of single-segment-optimized encoding profiles may involve pruning based on constraints in much the same manner as described herein in connection with other pruning processes.

It should be appreciated that video samples as referred to herein may be entire video presentations (e.g., an entire movie or sportscast), groups of video presentations, or may be shorter segments within a presentation, e.g., 2-60 second segments including one or more 2-10 second fragments or “groups of pictures” (GOPs). Additionally, it should be appreciated that the video samples as referred to herein may be in a variety of formats and resolutions and may include standard dynamic range (SDR) and high dynamic range (HDR) video content.

It should be noted that the techniques described herein are agnostic to specific codec implementation, and may be employed to configure encoders implemented according to any of a wide variety of video compression standards including, for example, Advanced Video Coding (AVC) or H.264, High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) or H.265, AV1, VP8, and VP9, as well as future standards, e.g., H.266.

It should further be appreciated that the disclosed techniques are compatible with both live and on demand applications, and are applicable to video, audio, and other forms of media content.