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In this work, we propose a novel rate control algorithm for Versatile Video Coding (VVC) standard based on its distinct rate-distortion characteristics. By modelling the transform coefficients with the composite Cauchy distribution, higher…
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Deep learning has shown great potential in image and video compression tasks. However, it brings bit savings at the cost of significant increases in coding complexity, which limits its potential for implementation within practical…
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In recent years, the global demand for high-resolution videos and the emergence of new multimedia applications have created the need for a new video coding standard. Hence, in July 2020 the Versatile Video Coding (VVC) standard was released…
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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 of increased runtime complexity, especially for encoding. It is…
Inspired by the recent advances of image super-resolution using convolutional neural network (CNN), we propose a CNN-based block up-sampling scheme for intra frame coding. A block can be down-sampled before being compressed by normal intra…
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To achieve higher coding efficiency, Versatile Video Coding (VVC) includes several novel components, but at the expense of increasing decoder computational complexity. These technologies at a low bit rate often create contouring and ringing…
Coding 4K data has become of vital interest in recent years, since the amount of 4K data is significantly increasing. We propose a coding chain with spatial down- and upscaling that combines the next-generation VVC codec with machine…
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Data deduplication has gained wide acclaim as a mechanism to improve storage efficiency and conserve network bandwidth. Its most critical phase, data chunking, is responsible for the overall space savings achieved via the deduplication…
In this paper, a hybrid video compression framework is proposed that serves as a demonstrative showcase of deep learning-based approaches extending beyond the confines of traditional coding methodologies. The proposed hybrid framework is…
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In recent years, video analysis using Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been widely used, due to the remarkable development of image recognition technology using deep learning. In 2019, the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) has started…