1. A method comprising: receiving, by a receiving device from a transmitting device that is separate from the receiving device, a data stream comprising multimedia content and power management (PM) metadata, wherein the multimedia content comprises a plurality of PM sequences of decodable units, and wherein the PM metadata provides an indication of a required processing power and a priority for each PM sequence of decodable units of the plurality of PM sequences of decodable units; determining an amount of available electrical power; determining, based on the PM metadata and the amount of available electrical power, a processing complexity to optimize a quality of experience (QoE); and adjusting a multimedia processing complexity based on the determined processing complexity.