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Motion estimation without integer-pel search.

Ling Li1, Shaoli Liu, Yunji Chen

  • 1Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. liling@ict.ac.cn

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Removing integer-pel search from video encoding significantly reduces processing time with minimal impact on quality. This optimization is particularly effective for high-resolution videos, making it a cost-effective solution.

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Area of Science:

  • Digital video compression
  • Video encoding algorithms
  • Image processing

Background:

  • Motion estimation (ME) is critical in video encoding, involving spatial-temporal prediction, integer-pel, and fractional-pel search.
  • Integer-pel search is computationally intensive, consuming over 50% of encoding time and significant hardware resources.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of removing integer-pel search from video encoding.
  • To analyze the impact of this removal on encoding time and quality, especially for high-resolution content.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of motion estimation steps and their contribution to encoding.
  • Observation of integer-pel search behavior with biased motion vectors and its impact on rate-distortion cost.
  • Experimental evaluation using the x264 encoder on diverse video sequences.

Main Results:

  • Video sequences, particularly high-resolution ones, can be encoded effectively without integer-pel search.
  • Removing integer-pel search from 1080p sequences reduced H.264 encoding time by 57.9% on average.
  • Negligible performance loss observed: 0.18% increase in bit-rate and 0.01 dB/frame decrease in PSNR.

Conclusions:

  • Integer-pel search is becoming cost-ineffective for high-resolution video due to decreasing boundary block proportions.
  • Eliminating integer-pel search offers substantial encoding time savings with minimal quality degradation.
  • This finding has significant implications for optimizing modern video encoding processes.