Improved pre-processing algorithm in spatial scalability for scalable video coding

  • Authors:
  • K. Bharanitharan

  • Affiliations:
  • Feng Chia Universtiy Taiwan

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2013 Research in Adaptive and Convergent Systems
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

The Scalable Video Codec extension to the H.264 standard (H.264 SVC) is designed to deliver the benefits described in the preceding ideal scenario. It is based on the H.264 Advanced Video Codec standard (H.264 AVC) and heavily leverages the tools and concepts of the original codec. The encoded stream it generates, however, is scalable: temporally, spatially, and in terms of video quality. That is, it can yield decoded video at different frame rates, resolutions, or quality levels. H.264/scalable video coding (SVC) supports spatial scalable coding with arbitrary resolution ratios, which can be obtained by up-scaling the image sequences with lower resolution. Since the performance of up-scaling technique directly affect the video quality. In this research, we propose an Improved Classified Multi-Filter Up-Sampling Algorithm (ICMFUSA) that uses adaptive bi-cubic/bilinear filters along with the wiener filter to improve the scalability performance. Experimental results show that the improved algorithm significantly reduces the bit-rate and improves the PSNR.