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Efficient bitrate ladders can enhance on-demand streaming services when bandwidth is constrained. Moreover, content-agnostic bitrate-resolution pairs in fixed bitrate ladders can lead to inefficient compression of video contents. Convex hull, which ...

In recent years, we have seen significant progress in advanced image and video upscaling techniques, sometimes called super-resolution, or AI-based upscaling. Such algorithms are now broadly available in the forms of software SDKs, as well as ...

In this paper we analyze the perceptual performance of encoding in reduced resolution at challenging bitrates on 4k content by means of reference picture resampling tool in VVC in comparison with encoding in source resolution. The subjective testing ...

The recently standardized QUIC transport protocol with its DATAGRAM extension provides a mechanism for sending data unreliably while leveraging the TLS-level security, connection migration, congestion control, and other features of QUIC transport. ...

Dynamic ad insertion and substitution are increasingly popular to monetize OTT services. A key enabling technique is the signaling of timeslots for insertion or substitution. In practice, SCTE 35 has been used for this, but OTT implementations have ...

The international video coding standard Versatile Video Coding (VVC) has been finalized in July 2020 by ITU-T and ISO/IEC. In September 2020, the open and optimized VVC encoder (VVenC) and decoder (VVdeC) software has been released and continuously ...

The broadcast production industry is undergoing a transformation from Serial Digital Interface (SDI) [18] to Internet Protocol (IP) [1] networks for media transport. Specialized equipment and FPGA implementations for IP based raw media transport are ...

The production, transmission and display of video content requires significant amounts of energy. Whether broadcasting or streaming a video, its display on modern televisions is responsible for a significant proportion of the energy consumption. This ...

Immersive video, ranging from 360° video to volumetric three-dimensional video, is expected to gain importance in the future. The recently finalized Versatile Video Coding (VVC) standard was designed to be suitable for a broad range of video content ...

We propose a framework for authoring and delivery of targeted media streaming presentations using existing online media content. The framework includes an authoring component and a delivery component. The authoring component stitches different ...

This paper describes and demonstrates a cloud-based workflow for bit-accurate film grain synthesis for providing a better viewing experience in streaming video applications. Film grain technology can be potentially used with video sources that do not ...

JPEG XS is a tailored image codec for Video-Over-IP targeting visual lossless quality. The paper describes the requirements for professional use cases as well as tools and constraints to achieve an efficient coding design. The first chapter gives an ...

This paper presents a software framework for end-to-end learned video coding. The main goal is to provide the research community with a platform adapted to practical applications. To accomplish this purpose, several features have been integrated, ...

The expansion of connectivity has opened the door for new ways of creating, distributing and consuming multimedia content. According to the Ericsson Mobility Report [1], by 2028, 5G networks will carry 69 percent of the world's smartphone traffic, ...

Edge platforms are increasingly used by telecom operators to deploy functions and services as virtual appliances within their network in geographically distributed cloudlets. Edge platforms provide a great amount of flexibility, as they allow to ...

Reducing end-to-end streaming latency is critical to HTTP-based live video streaming. There are currently two main technologies in this domain: Low-Latency HTTP Live Streaming (LL-HLS) and Low-Latency Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (LL-DASH). ...

In recent years, video streaming applications have proliferated the demand for Video Quality Assessment (VQA). Reduced reference video quality assessment (RR-VQA) is a category of VQA where certain features (e.g., texture, edges) of the original video ...

In this paper, we will present the results of our experiments with open-source encoders to understand the complexity of video content. We will show how the bitrate profile over time of an asset encoded in constant quality mode can be used as a robust ...

Greening of Streaming is an industry body that comprises many of the most significant operators, service providers, and technology vendors in the streaming industry. It acts to improve energy efficiency and sustainability efforts relating to streaming ...

This abstract overviews four technical specifications for Internet Television services developed by the DVB consortium.

Designing a robust bandwidth prediction algorithm for low-latency media transport that can quickly adapt to varying network conditions is challenging. In this paper, we present the working principles of a hybrid bandwidth predictor (termed BoB, Bang-...

Immersive experiences, such as remote collaboration and augmented and virtual reality, require delivery of large volumes of data with consistent ultra- low latency across wireless networks in fluctuating network conditions. We describe the high-level ...

Piracy of copyrighted video content is an everlasting concern for copyrights holders, such as major studios who want to protect their latest movies/series or video distributors who want to safeguard their exclusive rights investments. To prevent ...

There is an increasing need in bandwidth requirements, particularly, due to the increase in the device resolution [1]. As a result, there is a strong demand to decrease the video transmission bitrate without reducing visual quality. In 2010, a Joint ...

TV consumption patterns and delivery methods have been subject to major changes in the last decades. It has led to two heterogeneous ecosystems with, on one side the traditional broadcast making use of MPEG-TS applications, and, on the other one, ...

There is a strong demand to decrease the video transmission bitrate without reducing visual quality [1]. The x265 encoder [2]-[4] is a popular open-source encoder, which generates bitstreams compliant with the H.265/MPEG-HEVC video coding standard [5]...

With the growing number of video streaming applications, intelligent video streaming has become increasingly important. By considering JND, video delivery can be improved by avoiding the selection of encodings with similar quality for a bitrate ...

This paper overviews the content steering specification currently being developed in DASH Industry Forum and first implemented in the dash.js reference player.

Versatile Video Coding (VVC/H.266) is the latest of successful video coding standards jointly developed by ISO/IEC Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG) and ITU-T Visual Coding Experts Group (VCEG) [1]. With its best-in class video compression ...

We present the MPEG standardization activity on redundant encoding and packaging for live segmented media. The standardization includes profiling the Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) Media Presentation Description for ingest, storage and ...