A device for use with a frame generating portion that is arranged to receive picture data corresponding to a plurality of pictures and to generate encoded video data for transmission across a transmission channel having an available bandwidth. The frame generating portion can generate a frame for each of the plurality of pictures to create a plurality of frames. The encoded video data is based on the received picture data. The device includes a distortion estimating portion and inclusion determining portion and an extracting portion. The distortion estimating portion can estimate a distortion. The inclusion determining portion can establish an inclusion boundary based on the estimated distortion. The extracting portion can extract a frame from the plurality of frames based on the inclusion boundary.