Wednesday, April 22, 15:00 - 17:30, Location: Show and Tell Area B
A. Bhat, I. Richardson, S. Kannangara, J. Philp
Fully Configurable Video Coding (FCVC) is an ambitious new approach to video compression in which a video encoder may dynamically configure a video decoder during a communication session. Configuration information is embedded in the video bitstream, making it possible to partially or totally re-program the decoder at any point. FCVC offers greater rate-distortion performance than fixed codecs by adapting video coding algorithms depending on local statistics. In addition, it makes it possible to rapidly implement new algorithms and efficiently support multiple coding formats on a single platform.
We propose to demonstrate a real-time software prototype of FCVC. Video is captured and encoded (compressed). A completely generic decoding platform (Universal Video Decoder, UVD) is dynamically configured by the encoder and proceeds to decode the compressed video. The coding algorithm is modified and the decoder is re-configured without interrupting real-time video decoding.
The demonstration will consist of software running on a laptop, together with an explanatory poster. The demonstration will be given by Abharana Bhat.