Title :
The VP8 video codec - overview and comparison to H.264/AVC
Author :
Feller, Christian ; Wuenschmann, J. ; Roll, T. ; Rothermel, Albrecht
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Microelectron., Ulm Univ., Ulm, Germany
Abstract :
VP8 is announced by Google as a royalty-free alternative to the H.264/AVC video codec, promising comparable picture quality, data rate and encoding speed. This paper compares the two codecs analysing the published statements and comparing them with results of our own experiments.
Keywords :
encoding; video codecs; video coding; Google; H.264/AVC video codec; VP8 video codec; data rate; encoding speed; picture quality; royalty-free alternative; Decoding; Encoding; High definition video; PSNR; Video codecs; Video sequences;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Electronics - Berlin (ICCE-Berlin), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Berlin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0233-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICCE-Berlin.2011.6031852
