Real-time H.264 video encoding in software with fast mode decision and dynamic complexity control

ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ivanov, Yuri V ^a   Bleakley, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 78149305861     PISSN: 15516857     EISSN: 15516865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1671954.1671959     Document Type: Article

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