Video coding for HDTV systems

Author

Wei, Belle W Y ; Chen, Wen H.

Author_Institution

Compression Labs. Inc., San Jose State Univ., CA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

9-11 Nov 1994

Firstpage

469

Lastpage

475

Abstract

The adoption of MPEG-2 (Motion Pictures Experts Group) by the FCC as the HDTV video compression and transport methodologies laid the foundation for merging multimedia, broadcasting and telecommunication applications. The MPEG-2 video standard, frozen in Nov. 93, supports data rates above 10 Mpbs, real-time transmission, and progressive and interlaced scan sources. This tutorial describes the basic components of an MPEG-2 based HDTV compression system including video formats, color space transformation and decimation, motion estimation and compensation, discrete cosine transform, and variable-length coding. The frame-based and field-based motion estimation schemes required for interlaced scan sources are described in detail. Also discussed is the specific profile and level targeting HDTV application in the MPEG-2 standard

Keywords

data compression; high definition television; television standards; video coding; HDTV compression system; HDTV systems; MPEG-2; Motion Pictures Experts Group; broadcasting; color space transformation; data rates; decimation; discrete cosine transform; field-based motion estimation; frame-based motion estimation; high definition television; interlaced scan sources; motion compensation; multimedia; real-time transmission; telecommunication applications; variable-length coding; video coding; video compression; video formats; video standard; Digital multimedia broadcasting; FCC; HDTV; Merging; Motion estimation; Motion pictures; Multimedia communication; Transform coding; Video coding; Video compression;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Software and Applications Conference, 1994. COMPSAC 94. Proceedings., Eighteenth Annual International

Conference_Location

Taipei

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6705-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPSAC.1994.342760

Filename

342760