A method of processing image data captured by an image capture device of a surgical system, the method comprising monitoring network conditions of a communications link utilized to transmit to a remote display video image data of a surgical procedure, the video image data being captured by an endoscopic image capture device located at a remote surgical site of the surgical procedure； adjusting an encoding configuration of a video encoder in response to an input received from monitoring the network conditions and associated with a change in the network conditions that affects transmission of the video image data to the remote display； and encoding the video image data of the surgical procedure captured after the change of the network conditions, the encoding using the video encoder having the adjusted encoding configuration.
