DocumentCode
3475134
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
fYear
2011
fDate
6-8 Sept. 2011
Firstpage
57
Lastpage
61
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Consumer Electronics - Berlin (ICCE-Berlin), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Berlin
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0233-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICCE-Berlin.2011.6031852
Filename
6031852
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