The VC-1 Video Coding Standard

Author

Kalva, Hari ; Lee, Jae-Beom

Author_Institution

Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton

Volume

14

Issue

4

fYear

2007

Firstpage

88

Lastpage

91

Abstract

VC-1 is a new video coding standard developed by Microsoft and standardized by the SMPTE. VC-1 is one of the three video compression algorithms standardized for high definition DVD. With high definition DVD players expecting to support MPEG-2, H.264, and VC-1, end users do not have to be concerned about the coding formats. The VC-1 standard offers a competitive quality-complexity tradeoff compared to H.264, especially for high-definition services. With a diverse digital video market, we can expect to see VC-1 co-existing with H.264 in the next generation of broadband and broadcast video services.

Keywords

data compression; digital versatile discs; high definition video; video coding; VC-1 video coding standard; broadband video service; broadcast video service; digital versatile discs; digital video market; high definition DVD; video compression algorithm; Codecs; DVD; Decoding; Discrete cosine transforms; Discrete transforms; Motion compensation; Quantization; Transform coding; Video coding; Video compression; Video compression; and H.264.; high definition DVD; online video; standards;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

MultiMedia, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-986X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MMUL.2007.86

Filename

4354161