Video coding with H.264/AVC: tools, performance, and complexity

Author

Ostermann, Jörn ; Bormans, Jan ; List, Peter ; Marpe, Detlev ; Narroschke, Matthias ; Pereira, Fernando ; Stockhammer, Thomas ; Wedi, Thomas

Volume

4

Issue

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

7

Lastpage

28

Abstract

H.264/AVC, the result of the collaboration between the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group and the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group, is the latest standard for video coding. The goals of this standardization effort were enhanced compression efficiency, network friendly video representation for interactive (video telephony) and non-interactive applications (broadcast, streaming, storage, video on demand). H.264/AVC provides gains in compression efficiency of up to 50% over a wide range of bit rates and video resolutions compared to previous standards. Compared to previous standards, the decoder complexity is about four times that of MPEG-2 and two times that of MPEG-4 Visual Simple Profile. This paper provides an overview of the new tools, features and complexity of H.264/AVC.

Keywords

IEC standards; ISO standards; motion compensation; telecommunication standards; transform coding; video coding; H.263; H.264-AVC; ISO-IEC Moving Picture Experts Group; ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group; JVT; MPEG-1; MPEG-2; MPEG-4; broadcasting; compression efficiency; decoder complexity; interactive applications; motion compensation; network friendly video representation; noninteractive applications; streaming; transform coding; video coding; video on demand; video resolutions; video telephony; Automatic voltage control; Collaboration; IEC standards; ISO standards; MPEG standards; Standardization; Telephony; Video coding; Video compression; Video on demand;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Circuits and Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1531-636X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCAS.2004.1286980

Filename

1286980