Recent advances in rate control: From optimization to implementation and beyond

X Wei, M Zhou, H Wang, H Yang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Video coding is a video compression technique that compresses the original video
sequence to produce a smaller archive file or reduce the transmission bandwidth under …

All-intra rate control using low complexity video features for Versatile Video Coding

VV Menon, A Henkel, PT Rajendran… - … on Image Processing …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Versatile Video Coding (VVC) allows for large compression efficiency gains over its
predecessor, High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC). The added efficiency comes at the cost …

A scene change and noise aware rate control method for VVenC, an open VVC encoder implementation

CR Helmrich, C Bartnik, J Brandenburg… - 2022 Picture Coding …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Contemporary motion picture content, consisting of scenes with different amounts of visual
complexity or camera noise, represents demanding input for video encoders operating in …

Finalization of VVenC's screen content detector and two-pass rate control using pre-filtering statistics

CR Helmrich, A Henkel, T Hinz… - … on Image Processing …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For improved performance, practical video encoders integrate algorithms for screen content
detection and rate control. This paper outlines recently implemented optimizations to both …

A complete end to end open source toolchain for the versatile video coding (VVC) standard

A Wieckowski, C Lehmann, B Bross, D Marpe… - Proceedings of the 29th …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Versatile Video Coding (VVC) is the most recent international video coding standard jointly
developed by ITU-T and ISO/IEC, which has been finalized in July 2020. VVC allows for …

Transform coefficient distribution modeling based frame-level adaptive rate control for VVC

H Wang, S Ding, Y Gu, L Yu, T Li, H Yin, G Wang… - Displays, 2024 - Elsevier
Rate control is a key issue in the research of video coding optimization. In this work, we
propose a statistical modeling based frame-level distortion estimation model and a distortion …

Fast constant-quality video encoding using VVenC with rate cap** based on pre-analysis statistics

CR Helmrich, V George, VV Menon… - … on Image Processing …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
VVenC, an open Versatile Video Coding (VVC) encoder, has recently been equipped with
rate cap** functionality in its two-pass rate control modes, providing constrained variable …

Enhancing Film Grain Coding in VVC: Improving Encoding Quality and Efficiency

VV Menon, A Wieckowski, C Stoffers… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
This paper presents an in-depth analysis of film grain handling in open-source
implementations of the Versatile Video Coding (VVC) standard. We focus on two key …

Video Rate Controller Development Through Neuro-Fuzzy Quantization Parameter Modifiers

F Raufmehr, MR Salehi - Journal of Signal Processing Systems, 2023 - Springer
In this paper, a video Rate Controller (RC) is proposed for the Versatile Video Coding (H.
266/VVC) standard. This RC modifies the Quantization Parameter (QP) to keep the buffer …

VVC in the cloud and browser playback: it works

A Wieckowski, G Hege, C Lehmann, B Bross… - Proceedings of the 1st …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
The most recent international video coding standard that was developed jointly by the ITU-T
and ISO/IEC is Versatile Video Coding (VVC). While VVC contains a feature set for a very …