Fast Scalable Coding based on a 3D Low Bit Rate Fractal Video Encoder

Vitor de Lima, Thierry Moreira, Helio Pedrini, William Robson Schwartz

2017

Abstract

Video transmissions usually occur at a fixed or at a small number of predefined bit rates. This can lead to several problems in communication channels whose bandwidth can vary along time (e.g. wireless devices). This work proposes a video encoding method for solving such problems through a fine rate control that can be dynamically adjusted with low overhead. The encoder uses fractal compression and a simple rate distortion heuristic to preprocess the content in order to speed up the process of switching between different bit rates. Experimental results show that the proposed approach can accurately transcode a preprocessed video sequence into a large range of bit rates with a small computational overhead.

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de Lima V., Moreira T., Pedrini H. and Schwartz W. (2017). Fast Scalable Coding based on a 3D Low Bit Rate Fractal Video Encoder . In Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 4: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2017) ISBN 978-989-758-225-7, pages 24-33. DOI: 10.5220/0006100400240033


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@conference{visapp17,
author={Vitor de Lima and Thierry Moreira and Helio Pedrini and William Robson Schwartz},
title={Fast Scalable Coding based on a 3D Low Bit Rate Fractal Video Encoder},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 4: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2017)},
year={2017},
pages={24-33},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006100400240033},
isbn={978-989-758-225-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 4: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2017)
TI - Fast Scalable Coding based on a 3D Low Bit Rate Fractal Video Encoder
SN - 978-989-758-225-7
AU - de Lima V.
AU - Moreira T.
AU - Pedrini H.
AU - Schwartz W.
PY - 2017
SP - 24
EP - 33
DO - 10.5220/0006100400240033