The present invention relates to systems and methods for applying information obtained from compressed video data to statistical remultiplexing. A compressed bitstream including compressed video data is received. The compressed video data is then parsed. One or more compression statistics are then generated...http://www.google.com/patents/US6959042?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6959042 - Methods and apparatus for measuring compressed video signals and applications to statistical remultiplexing