High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) significantly reduces bit-rates over the preceding H.264 standard but at the expense of extremely high encoding complexity. In HEVC, the quad-tree partition of coding unit (CU) consumes a large proportion of the HEVC encoding complexity, due to the bruteforce search for rate-distortion optimization (RDO). Therefore, this paper proposes a deep learning approac...

In this work we present a framework that profiles HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) encoders modules focusing on cache memory performance and energy. This framework considers the HEVC reference software (HM) and analyzes the impact of some coding parameters on the cache hierarchy. HEVC was proposed in 2013, presenting new video coding techniques to deal with the demand for higher resolutions....

Motion estimation is one of the most computationally challenging parts of any video encoder. An estimated 50% to 70% encoder complexity is due to motion estimation. Recent video coding standards like H.264/MPEG-4(AVC) and HEVC include a sophisticated motion estimation algorithm called Test Zone Search. This paper examines the algorithms designed to perform Coding Unit type and size selection in...

In this paper, we propose a novel fast and low-complexity Motion Estimation (ME) algorithm for Ultra High Definition (UHD) High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC). Motion estimation occupies 77~81% of the amount of computation in HEVC. After all, the main key of video codec implementation is to find a fast and low-complexity motion estimation algorithm and architecture. We analyze the previous moti...

H.265 or High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) has been developed with a goal to achieve significant compression relative to existing standards in the range of 50% bit rate reduction for the same perceptual video quality [1]. HEVC has been designed to address nearly all existing applications of H.264/AVC and additionally to focus on two key issues: (a) increased video resolution and (b) increased...

This paper presents a modified deblocking filter for depth video coding in the 3D video coding extension of High Efficiency Video Coding (3D-HEVC). The conventional 3D video coding extension of HEVC (3D-HEVC) employs a deblocking filter and sample adaptive offset (SAO) in the loop filter in which both tools are applied to color video coding only. Nevertheless, the deblocking filter can smooth o...

This paper presents several optimization algorithms for a High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) encoder based on single instruction multiple data (SIMD) operations and data-level parallelism. Based on the analysis of the computational complexity of HEVC encoder, we found that interpolation filter, cost function, and transform take around 68% of the total computation, on average. In this paper, se...

High definition video is becoming popular day by day due to desire for superior level quality and high resolution video. The upcoming High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard is designed to serve diverse range of applications like HDTV, video conferencing, fast internet streaming and videophone. This paper describes the performance analysis of HEVC with H.264/AVC video coding standard. Vari...