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Using Bitstream Structure Descriptions for the Exploitation of Multi-layered Temporal Scalability in H.264/AVC’s Base Specification

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Advances in Multimedia Information Processing - PCM 2005 (PCM 2005)

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In this paper, attention is paid to the automatic generation of XML-based descriptions containing information about the high-level structure of binary multimedia resources. These structural metadata can then be transformed in order to reflect a desired adaptation of a multimedia resource, and can subsequently be used to create a tailored version of the resource in question. Based on this concept, two technologies are presented: MPEG-21 BSDL and a modified version of XFlavor being able to create BSDL compatible output. Their usage is elaborated in more detail with respect to the valid exploitation of multi-layered temporal scalability in H.264/MPEG-4 AVC’s base specification, and in particular with a focus on a combined usage of the sub-sequence coding technique and Supplemental Enhancement Information (SEI) messages. Some performance measurements in terms of file sizes and computational times are presented as well.

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De Neve, W., Van Deursen, D., De Schrijver, D., De Wolf, K., Van de Walle, R. (2005). Using Bitstream Structure Descriptions for the Exploitation of Multi-layered Temporal Scalability in H.264/AVC’s Base Specification. In: Ho, YS., Kim, H.J. (eds) Advances in Multimedia Information Processing - PCM 2005. PCM 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3767. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11581772_56

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