Rate-constrained coder control and comparison of video coding standards

Author

Wiegand, Thomas ; Schwarz, Heiko ; Joch, Anthony ; Kossentini, Faouzi ; Sullivan, Gary J.

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer-Inst. for Telecommun., Heinrich-Hertz Inst., Berlin, Germany

Volume

13

Issue

7

fYear

2003

fDate

7/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

688

Lastpage

703

Abstract

A unified approach to the coder control of video coding standards such as MPEG-2, H.263, MPEG-4, and the draft video coding standard H.264/AVC (advanced video coding) is presented. The performance of the various standards is compared by means of PSNR and subjective testing results. The results indicate that H.264/AVC compliant encoders typically achieve essentially the same reproduction quality as encoders that are compliant with the previous standards while typically requiring 60% or less of the bit rate.

Keywords

IEC standards; ISO standards; telecommunication control; telecommunication standards; video coding; H.263; H.264/AVC; MPEG-2; MPEG-4; PSNR; advanced video coding; rate-constrained coder control; reproduction quality; subjective testing; video coding standards; Automatic voltage control; Bit rate; Code standards; Decoding; IEC standards; ISO standards; Lagrangian functions; MPEG 4 Standard; Testing; Video coding;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8215

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCSVT.2003.815168

Filename

1218200