A Study on High Efficiency Video Coding Technique

Abstract

HEVC, also known as H.265, stands for High Efficiency Video Coding which is a new video codec that will compress video files to half the size compared to the current encoding format, AVC/MPEG-4. That will be one-quarter the size of files compressed using the MPEG 2 codec that most cable-TV companies still employ. It can also obtain high video quality at the same bit rate using better data compression techniques. This technique will be very useful in mitigating increasing data sizes of next generation video qualities like 4k and 8k resolutions & increasing IP traffic over the internet. This paper analyses this technique, compares it to other existing encoding techniques and proposes a 3D extension to this technique.