Reducing frame skipping in MPEG-4 rate control scheme

Frame skipping in low bit video coding could significantly reduce the visual quality of the reconstructed video. This paper analyzes the´ main causes of frame skipping in current MPEG-4 frame rate control scheme, and presents a number of ways to reduce the occurrence of frame skipping. The main features of the new algorithm include an adaptive thresholding technique, an adaptive P-frame target bits allocation, and an adaptive I-frame target bits allocation. Experimental results show that the new rate control scheme has significantly reduced the risks of frame skipping without sacrificing the overall PSNR of the reconstructed video.