Adaptive fast DIRECT mode decision algorithm using mode and Lagrangian cost prediction for B frame in H.264/AVC

Xiaocong Jin*, Jun Sun, Jun Zhou, Yiqing Huang, Jia Su, Takeshi Ikenaga

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Abstract

In this paper, a fast spatial DIRECT mode decision method for B frame in H.264/AVC is proposed. It is based on a statistical analysis on multiple video sequences, and the strong relationship of mode selection and rate-distortion (RD) cost between the current DIRECT macroblock (MB) and the co-located MBs is observed. With the check of mode condition and adaptive threshold of RD cost, the complex mode decision process can be released at an early stage even for small QP cases. Simulation results demonstrate the proposed method can achieve much better performance than the original exhaustive rate-distortion optimization (RDO) based mode decision algorithm by reducing up to 57.1 % of motion estimation (ME) time for IBPBP picture group with only negligible bit increment and quality degradation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationElectronic Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2011
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Event2011 12th IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2011 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 2011 Jul 112011 Jul 15

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo
ISSN (Print)1945-7871
ISSN (Electronic)1945-788X

Other

Other2011 12th IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2011
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period11/7/1111/7/15

Keywords

  • H.264/AVC
  • adaptive
  • fast mode decision
  • spatial DIRECT mode

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications

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