Video compression with 1-D directional transforms in H.264/AVC

Abstract

Typically the same transforms, such as the 2-D Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT), are used to compress both images in image compression and prediction residuals in video compression. However, these two signals have different spatial characteristics. In, we analyzed the difference between these two signals and proposed 1-D directional transforms for prediction residuals. In this paper, we provide further experimental results using these transforms in the H.264/AVC codec and present other related information which can provide insights in understanding the use of these transforms in video coding applications.