The H.264/AVC Advanced Video Coding standard: overview and introduction to the fidelity range extensions

Gary J. Sullivan; Pankaj N. Topiwala; Ajay Luthra

doi:10.1117/12.564457

2 November 2004 The H.264/AVC Advanced Video Coding standard: overview and introduction to the fidelity range extensions

Gary J. Sullivan, Pankaj N. Topiwala, Ajay Luthra

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Proceedings Volume 5558, Applications of Digital Image Processing XXVII; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.564457
Event: Optical Science and Technology, the SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, 2004, Denver, Colorado, United States

Abstract

H.264/MPEG-4 AVC is the latest international video coding standard. It was jointly developed by the Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) of the ITU-T and the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) of ISO/IEC. It uses state-of-the-art coding tools and provides enhanced coding efficiency for a wide range of applications, including video telephony, video conferencing, TV, storage (DVD and/or hard disk based, especially high-definition DVD), streaming video, digital video authoring, digital cinema, and many others. The work on a new set of extensions to this standard has recently been completed. These extensions, known as the Fidelity Range Extensions (FRExt), provide a number of enhanced capabilities relative to the base specification as approved in the Spring of 2003. In this paper, an overview of this standard is provided, including the highlights of the capabilities of the new FRExt features. Some comparisons with the existing MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 Part 2 standards are also provided.

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Gary J. Sullivan, Pankaj N. Topiwala, and Ajay Luthra "The H.264/AVC Advanced Video Coding standard: overview and introduction to the fidelity range extensions", Proc. SPIE 5558, Applications of Digital Image Processing XXVII, (2 November 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.564457

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