Performance of watermarking as an error detection mechanism for corrupted H.264/AVC video sequences

In this work we investigate the performance of watermarking as an error detection method for H.264/AVC encoded videos. The efficiency of a previously proposed forced even watermarking is evaluated in a more realistic error-prone transmission scenario. A less invasive watermarking scheme, the force odd watermarking, is proposed as alternative. In order to handle possible decoding desynchronization at the receiver, we implement a syntax check error detection mechanism together with watermarking and evaluate its performance.