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Although no scalability is explicitly defined in the H.264/ AVC specification, some forms of scalability can be achieved by using the available coding tools in a creative way. In this paper we will explain how to use the data partitioning tool to perform a coarse form of SNR scalability. The impact of various parameters, including the presence of IDR frames and the number of intra-coded macroblocks per frame, on bit rate and bit rate savings and on quality and quality loss will be discussed. Furthermore we will introduce and elaborate a possible use case for the technique proposed in this paper.
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Mys, S., Lambert, P., De Neve, W., Verhoeve, P., Van de Walle, R. (2006). SNR Scalability in H.264/AVC Using Data Partitioning. In: Zhuang, Y., Yang, SQ., Rui, Y., He, Q. (eds) Advances in Multimedia Information Processing - PCM 2006. PCM 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4261. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11922162_39
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