Design and Implementation of the Motion Compensation Module for HDTV Video Decoder

Introduction The HDTV format adopts MPEG-2MP@HLvideo standard for the encoding and decoding ofhigh definition video information[1].Motion com-pensation is one of the key techniques used to con-siderably decrease the time redundancy of a videosequence and make the format reach a high com-pression ratio.As for hardware implementation,however,the motion compensation module is one ofthe most computation-intensive and I/O intensiveparts in an HDTV video decoder[2],and thereforeit is also the…     

An improved frame-layer bit allocation scheme for H.264/AVC rate control

In this paper, we aim at improving the video quality degradation due to high motions or scene changes. An improved frame-layer bit allocation scheme for H.264/AVC rate control is proposed. First, current frame is pre-encoded in 16×16 modes with a fixed quantization parameter (QP). The frame coding complexity is then measured based on the resulting bits and peak signal-to-ratio (PSNR) in the pre-coding stage. Finally, a bit budgetis calculated for current frame according to its coding complexity and inter-frame PSNR fluctuation, combined with the buffer status. Simulation results show that, in comparison with the H.264 adopted rate control scheme, our method is more efficient to suppress the sharp PSNR drops caused by high motions and scene changes. The visual quality variations in a sequence are also relieved.     

A New MPEG-2 Rate Control Method Based on Model Classification

The paper proposed a new MPEG-2 rate control method that is based on model classification. The macro-blocks are classified according to their prediction errors, and different parameters are used in the rate-quantization and distortion quantization model. The different model parameters are calculated from the previous frame of the same type in the process of coding. These models are used to estimate the relations among rate, distortion and quantization of the current frame. Further steps, such as R-D optimization based quantization adjustment and smoothing of quantization of adjacent macroblocks, are used to improve the quality. The results of the experiments prove that the technique is effective and can be realized easily. The method presented in the paper can be a good way for MPEG rate control.