Title
Complexity Scalable Hevc-To-Av1 Transcoding Based On Coding Tree Depth Inheritance
Abstract
With the advent of the recently launched AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) bitstream specification, there is currently a need for converting legacy content encoded with the state-of-the-art High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard to the new format. However, transcoding is a complex task composed of a decoding and an encoding process in sequence, which requires long processing time and high energy consumption. This paper proposes a complexity scalable HEVC-to-AV1 transcoding solution with three operation modes, which allow adjusting the tradeoff between encoding efficiency and computational cost. The solution is based on the high correlation between block size decisions in HEVC and AV1, allowing the AV1 encoder to inherit Coding Tree depth information from the HEVC bitstream to constrain the AV1 re-encoding process. Experimental results for the three operation modes show a transcoding time reduction between 35.4% and 69.5% at the cost of a compression efficiency loss that varies between 4.9% and 16.8%.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.23919/EUSIPCO.2019.8902565
2019 27TH EUROPEAN SIGNAL PROCESSING CONFERENCE (EUSIPCO)
Keywords
Field
DocType
transcoding, HEVC, AV1, video coding, complexity reduction
Transcoding,AOMedia Video 1,Computer science,Reduction (complexity),Coding (social sciences),Encoder,Decoding methods,Bitstream,Computer engineering,Encoding (memory)
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2076-1465
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alex Borges101.35
Bruno Zatt224749.43
Marcelo Schiavon Porto37933.49
luciano agostini4609.52
Guilherme Corrêa512.39