The H.264 Video Coding Standard

Author

De Jesus Ochoa Dominguez, Humberto ; Vergara Villegas, Osslan Osiris ; Cruz Sanchez, Vianey Guadalupe ; Gutierrez Casas, Efren David ; Rao, K. Raghava

Author_Institution

Autonomous Univ. of Ciudad Juarez, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Volume

33

Issue

2

fYear

2014

fDate

March-April 2014

Firstpage

32

Lastpage

38

Abstract

Since 1990, the Video Coding Expert Group (VCEG) and the Moving Pictures Expert Group (MPEG) have focused their research in video coding techniques for different applications. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) and the MPEG groups joined in a single group to form the Joint Video Team (JVT) and worked together on a new video standard called H.264, H.264/AVC Advanced Video Coding, or MPEG-4 part 10, which achieves more coding efficiency with simpler syntax specifications than the previous standards, more integration with all network protocols, and multiplex architectures. The H.264 is the state-ofthe-art codec and covers a wide range of applications with excellent results such as videoconferencing, video streaming, and video transmission over fixed and wireless networks with different transport protocols among others.

Keywords

teleconferencing; transport protocols; video coding; video communication; video streaming; H.264 video coding standard; ITU-T; International telecommunication union; JVT; MPEG; VCEG; advanced video coding; fixed networks; joint video team; moving pictures expert group; multiplex architectures; network protocols; simpler syntax specifications; state-ofthe-art codec; transport protocols; video coding expert group; video coding techniques; video streaming; video transmission; videoconferencing; wireless networks; Audio coding; Bit rate; Encoding; Quantization (signal); Streaming media; Transforms; Video coding;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Potentials, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-6648

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MPOT.2013.2284525

Filename

6755595