The H.264/AVC video coding standard was recently developed by the JVT consisting of experts from VCEG and MPEG. The H.264/AVC provides gains in compression efficiency of up to 50% over a wide range of bit rates and video resolutions compared to previo...
The H.264/AVC video coding standard was recently developed by the JVT consisting of experts from VCEG and MPEG. The H.264/AVC provides gains in compression efficiency of up to 50% over a wide range of bit rates and video resolutions compared to previous standards. However, these features incur a considerable increase in encoder complexity, mainly because of mode decision.
In this paper, we propose a three-step mode decision algorithm for fast encoding in H.264/AVC. Firstly, we select skip mode or inter mode by considering the temporal correlation and spatial correlation. Secondly, we select mode by considering the pixel value direction of residual macroblock. Finally, mode in current macroblock can selected by those of the neighboring macroblocks. Simulations show that the proposed method reduces the encoding time by 42% on average without any significant PSNR losses.