Comparison of the coding efficiency of video coding standards-including high efficiency video coding (HEVC)

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1669-1684

  Ohm, Jens Rainer ^a   Sullivan, Gary J ^b   Schwarz, Heiko ^c   Tan, Thiow Keng ^d,e   Wiegand, Thomas ^c,f  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MICROSOFT   (United States)

^c FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d M Sphere Consulting Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^e NTT DOCOMO   (Japan)

^f TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advanced Video Coding (AVC); H.264; High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC); JCT VC; MPEG; MPEG 4; standards; VCEG; video compression

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED VIDEO CODING; H.264; HIGH EFFICIENCY VIDEO CODING (HEVC); JCT-VC; MPEG; MPEG-4; VCEG;

DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; IMAGE CODING; IMAGE COMPRESSION; MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP STANDARDS; STANDARDS;

VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84872222178     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2012.2221192     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. G. J. Sullivan and J.-R. Ohm, "Recent developments in standardization of High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)," in Proc. 33rd SPIE Appl. Dig. Image Process., vol. 7798. Aug. 2010, pp. 7798-7830.
2. T. Wiegand, J.-R. Ohm, G. J. Sullivan, W.-J. Han, R. Joshi, T. K. Tan, and K. Ugur, "Special section on the joint call for proposals on High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standardization," IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol., vol. 20, no. 12, pp. 1661-1666, Dec. 2010.
3. G. J. Sullivan, J.-R. Ohm, W.-J. Han, and T. Wiegand, "Overview of the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard," IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol., vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 1648-1667, Dec. 2012.
4. B. Bross, W.-J. Han, J.-R. Ohm, G. J. Sullivan, and T. Wiegand, High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) Text Specification Draft 9, Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC) of ITU-T SG 16 WP 3 and ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 11, document JCTVC-K1003, Shanghai, China, Oct. 2012.
5. ITU-T and ISO/IEC JTC 1, Generic Coding of Moving Pictures and Associated Audio Information-Part 2: Video, ITU-T Rec. H.262 and ISO/IEC 13818-2 (MPEG-2 Video), version 1, 1994.
6. J. L. Mitchell, W. B. Pennebaker, C. E. Fogg, and D. J. LeGall, MPEG Video Compression Standard. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic, 2000.
7. B. G. Haskell, A. Puri, and A. N. Netravali, Digital Video: An Introduction to MPEG-2. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic, 2002.
8. ITU-T, Video Coding for Low Bitrate Communication, ITU-T Rec. H.263, version 1, 1995, version 2, 1998, version 3, 2000.
9. ISO/IEC JTC 1, Coding of Audio-Visual Objects-Part 2: Visual, ISO/IEC 14496-2 (MPEG-4 Visual), version 1, 1999, version 2, 2000, version 3, 2004.
10. ITU-T and ISO/IEC JTC 1, Advanced Video Coding for Generic Audiovisual Services, ITU-T Rec. H.264 and ISO/IEC 14496-10 (AVC), version 1, 2003, version 2, 2004, versions 3, 4, 2005, versions 5, 6, 2006, versions 7, 8, 2007, versions 9, 10, 11, 2009, versions 12, 13, 2010, versions 14, 15, 2011, version 16, 2012.
11. G. J. Sullivan and T. Wiegand, "Video compression-from concepts to the H.264/AVC standard," Proc. IEEE, vol. 93. no. 1, pp. 18-31, Jan. 2005. (Pubitemid 40851238)
12. T. Wiegand, G. J. Sullivan, G. Bjøntegaard, and A. Luthra, "Overview of the H.264/AVC video coding standard," IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol., vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 560-576, Jul. 2003.
13. T. Wiegand, H. Schwarz, A. Joch, F. Kossentini, and G. J. Sullivan, "Rate-constrained coder control and comparison of video coding standards," IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol., vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 688-703, Jul. 2003.
14. ITU-T, Video Codec for Audiovisual Services at p ×64 Kbit/s, ITU-T Rec. H.261, version 1, 1990, version 2, 1993.
15. I. E. Richardson, H.264 and MPEG-4 Video Compression. New York: Wiley, 2003.
16. ISO/IEC JTC 1, Coding of Moving Pictures and Associated Audio for Digital Storage Media at up to About 1.5 Mbit/s-Part 2: Video, ISO/IEC 11172-2 (MPEG-1 Video), 1993.
17. H. Schwarz, D. Marpe, and T. Wiegand, "Overview of the scalable video coding extension of the H.264/AVC standard," IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol., vol. 17, no. 9, pp. 1103-1120, Sep. 2007. (Pubitemid 47483052)
18. H. Everett, "Generalized Lagrange multiplier method for solving problems of optimum allocation of resources," Oper. Res., vol. 11, pp. 399-417, May-Jun. 1963.
19. Y. Shoham and A. Gersho, "Efficient bit allocation for an arbitrary set of quantizers," IEEE Trans. Acoust., Speech Signal Process., vol. 36, no. 9, pp. 1445-1453, Sep. 1988.
20. G. J. Sullivan and T. Wiegand, "Rate-distortion optimization for video compression," IEEE Signal Process. Mag., vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 74-90, Nov. 1998.
21. S.-W. Wu and A. Gersho, "Enhanced video compression with standardized bitstream syntax," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Acoust., Syst., Signal Process., vol. I. Apr. 1993, pp. 103-106.
22. T. Wiegand, M. Lightstone, D. Mukherjee, T. G. Campbell, and S. K. Mitra, "Rate-distortion optimized mode selection for very low bit rate video coding and the emerging H.263 standard," IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol., vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 182-190, Apr. 1996. (Pubitemid 126786263)
23. G. J. Sullivan and R. L. Baker, "Rate-distortion optimized motion compensation for video compression using fixed or variable size blocks," in Proc. GLOBECOM', Dec. 1991, pp. 85-90.
24. Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC) of ITU-T SG 16 WP 3 and ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 11. (2012, Jul.). HM 8.0 Reference Software [Online]. Available: https://hevc.hhi.fraunhofer.de/svn/svn?HEVCSoftware/tags/HM-8.0/
25. S. Saponara, C. Blanch, K. Denolf, and J. Bormans, "The JVT Advanced Video Coding standard: Complexity and performance analysis on a toolby-tool basis," in Proc. Packet Video Workshop, Apr. 2003.
26. M. Flierl and B. Girod, "Generalized B pictures and the draft H.264/AVC video compression standard," IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol., vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 587-597, Jul. 2003.
27. T. Wiegand and B. Andrews, An Improved H.263 Coder Using Rate-Distortion Optimization, document Q15-D-13, VCEG, Mar. 1998.
28. K. Ramchandran and M. Vetterli, "Rate-distortion optimal fast thresholding with complete JPEG/MPEG decoder compatibility," IEEE Trans. Image Process., vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 700-704, Sep. 1994.
29. E.-H. Yang and X. Yu, "Rate distortion optimization for H.264 interframe coding: A general framework and algorithms," IEEE Trans. Image Process., vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 1774-1784, Jul. 2007. (Pubitemid 47018875)
30. M. Karczewicz, Y. Ye, and I. Chong, Rate Distortion Optimized Quantization, document VCEG-AH21, ITU-T SG 16/Q 6, Jan. 2008.
31. G. Bjøntegaard, Calculation of Average PSNR Differences Between RD Curves, document VCEG-M33, ITU-T SG 16/Q 6, Austin, TX, Apr. 2001.
32. F. Bossen, Common Conditions and Software Reference Configurations, document JCTVC-H1100, Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC) of ITU-T SG 16 WP 3 and ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 11, San Jose, CA, Feb. 2012.
33. T. K. Tan, A. Fujibayashi, Y. Suzuki, and J. Takiue [AHG 8] Objective and Subjective Evaluation of HM5.0, document JCTVCH0116, Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC) of ITU-T SG 16 WP 3 and ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 11, San Jose, CA, Feb. 2012.
34. MPEG Software Simulation Group Software, Version 1.2 (1996, Jul.) [Online]. Available: http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/video/mssg-freempeg-software.html.
35. Joint Scalable Video Model Software, Version 9.19.15, document JVTAF013, Joint Video Team, Nov. 2009.
36. H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Reference Software, Joint Model 18.4 (2012, Aug.) [Online]. Available: http://iphome.hhi.de/suehring/tml/download/jm18.4.zip
37. Methodology for the Subjective Assessment of the Quality of Television Pictures, ITU-R Rec. BT.500-11, Feb. 2006.
38. ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Joint Call for Proposals on Video Compression Technology, document VCEG-AM91 and WG11 N11113, Kyoto, Japan, Jan. 2010.
39. B. Li, G. J. Sullivan, and J. Xu, Comparison of Compression Performance of HEVC Working Draft 7 With AVC High Profile, document JCTVC-J0236, Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC) of ITU-T SG 16 WP 3 and ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 11, Stockholm, Sweden, Jul. 2012.
40. B. Li, G. J. Sullivan, and J. Xu, "Compression performance of high efficiency video coding (HEVC) working draft 4," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Circuits Syst., May 2012, pp. 886-889.
41. Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC) of ITU-T SG 16 WP 3 and ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 11. (2011, Nov.). HM 5.0 Reference Software [Online]. Available: https://hevc.hhi.fraunhofer.de/svn/svn?HEVCSoftware/tags/HM-5.0/
42. Y. Zhao, Coding Efficiency Comparison Between HM5.0 and JM16.2 Based on PQI, PSNR and SSIM, document JCTVC-H0063, Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC) of ITU-T SG 16 WP 3 and ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 11, San Jose, CA, Feb. 2012.
43. T. K. Tan, A. Fujibayashi, Y. Suzuki, and J. Takiue, Objective and Subjective Evaluation of HM5.0, document JCTVC-H0116, Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC) of ITU-T SG 16 WP 3 and ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 11, San Jose, CA, Feb. 2012.
44. V. Baroncini, G. J. Sullivan, and J.-R. Ohm, Report on Preliminary Subjective Testing of HEVC Compression Capability, document JCTVCH1004, Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC) of ITU-T SG 16 WP 3 and ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 11, San Jose, CA, Feb. 2012.
45. P. Hanhart, M. Rerabek, F. De Simone, and T. Ebrahimi, "Subjective quality evaluation of the upcoming HEVC video compression standard," in Proc. SPIE Appl. Digital Image Process. XXXV, vol. 8499. Aug. 2012, pp. 84990V-1-84990V-13.
46. M. Horowitz, F. Kossentini, N. Mahdi, S. Xu, H. Guermazi, H. Tmar, B. Li, G. J. Sullivan, and J. Xu, "Informal subjective quality comparison of video compression performance of the HEVC and H.264/MPEG-4 AVC standards for low-delay applications," in Proc. SPIE Appl. Digital Image Process. XXXV, vol. 8499. Aug. 2012, pp. 84990W-1-84990W-6.
47. V. Baroncini, G. J. Sullivan, and J.-R. Ohm, Report of Subjective Testing of Responses to Joint Call for Proposals (CfP) on Video Coding Technology for High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), JCTVCA204, Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC) of ITU-T SG 16 WP 3 and ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 11, Dresden, Germany, Apr. 2010.