Multiview Video Coding extension of the H.264/AVC standard

An overview of the new Multiview Video Coding (MVC) extension of the H.264/AVC standard is given in this paper. The benefits of multiview video coding are examined by encoding two data sets captured with multiple cameras. These sequences were encoded using MVC reference software and the results are compared with references obtained by encoding multiple views independently with H.264/AVC reference software. Experimental quality comparison of coding efficiency is given. The peak signal-to-noise ration (PSNR) and Structural Similarity (SSIM) Index are used as objective quality metrics.