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H.264/AVC is newest video coding standard of the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group and the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group. The main goals of the H.264/AVC standardization effort have been enhanced compression performance and provision of a "network-friendly" video representation addressing "conversational" (video telephony) and "nonconversational" (storage, broadcast, or streaming) applications. H.264/AVC has achieved a significant improvement in rate-distortion efficiency relative to existing standards. This article provides an overview of the technical features of H.264/AVC, describes profiles and applications for the standard, and outlines the history of the standardization process.

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StandardizationComputer scienceScalable Video CodingCoding (social sciences)CodecData compressionContext-adaptive binary arithmetic codingMultimediaTelecommunicationsMotion compensationArtificial intelligenceOperating system

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Year
2003
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article
Volume
13
Issue
7
Pages
560-576
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7949
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Thomas Wiegand, Gary J. Sullivan, Gisle Bjøntegaard et al. (2003). Overview of the H.264/AVC video coding standard. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology , 13 (7) , 560-576. https://doi.org/10.1109/tcsvt.2003.815165

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10.1109/tcsvt.2003.815165