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In this paper we provide an analysis of rate-distortion (R-D) relationship in an H.264 codec using as quality metric Structural Similarly Information (SSIM). This study focus on the quantization parameter, namely rate-quantization (R-Q) functions and distortion-quantization (D-Q) functions. Together, these functions allow a better understanding of the rate-distortion (R-D) behaviour of an H.264 video codec, which is the key issue of optimum bit allocation. Initial results are presented and discussed.
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Teixeira, L., Corte-Real, L. (2009). H.264 Rate-Distortion Analysis Using Subjective Quality Metric. In: Mauthe, A., Zeadally, S., Cerqueira, E., Curado, M. (eds) Future Multimedia Networking. FMN 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5630. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02472-6_27
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