APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND LOADING TAPE CARTRIDGES

1 . A computer-implemented method comprising:

a processor; and

a memory device comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform a process for video encoding comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, video data to be encoded;

determining, by the computing device, pixels for a first transform unit (TU) of a first prediction unit (PU) of a square shape of the video data;

storing, by the computing device, the pixels in a buffer;

performing, by the computing device, intra-prediction for a second PU by reusing the stored pixels for a second TU of the second PU; and

encoding the video data based on the intra-prediction performed for the second PU.

2 . A system comprising:

a video encoder including:

a buffer; and

a physical processor configured to:

 receive video data to be encoded;

 determine pixels for a first transform unit (TU) of a first prediction unit (PU) of a square shape of the video data;

 store the pixels in the buffer;

 perform intra-prediction for a second PU by reusing the stored pixels for a second TU of the second PU; and

 encode the video data based on the intra-prediction performed for the second PU; or

a tape holder apparatus including:

a cubical tape holder, dimensioned to hold multiple tape cartridges in a stack, wherein a tape cartridge is inserted into an open top of the cubical tape holder from a horizontal orientation;

a horizontal slot, open along a bottom edge of two consecutive faces of the cubical tape holder, dimensioned to permit a single tape cartridge at a bottom of the stack to be pushed out from the cubical tape holder; and

a handle vertically oriented and extruded from a third face of the cubical tape holder.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein an opening is dimensioned to extend down from a top edge of a first face of the cubical tape holder, such that a portion of a side of at least one tape cartridge inserted into the cubical tape holder is exposed.