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Multiview Video Coding

Multiview Video Coding (MVC) is an amendment to H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video compression standard developed
with joint efforts by MPEG/VCEG that enables efficient encoding of sequences captured simultaneously from
multiple cameras using a single video stream.
MVC is intended for encoding stereoscopic (two-view) video, as well as free viewpoint television and multi-view 3D
television. The Stereo High profile has been standardized in June 2009; the profile is based on MVC toolset and is
used in stereoscopic Blu-ray 3D releases.
MVC stream is backward compatible with H.264/AVC, which allows older devices and software to decode
stereoscopic video streams, ignoring additional information for the second view.

Technical overview
Multiview video contains a large amount of inter-view statistical dependencies, since all cameras capture the same
scene from different viewpoints. Therefore, combined temporal and inter-view prediction is the key for efficient
MVC encoding. A frame from a certain camera can be predicted not only from temporally related frames from the
same camera, but also from the frames of neighboring cameras. These interdependencies can be used for efficient
prediction.[1]

References
[1] MPEG Technologies Introduction to Multiview Video Coding (http:/ / www. chiariglione. org/ mpeg/ technologies/ mpeg-4/ mp04-mvc/
index. htm)

External links
TDVision Systems, Inc Stereoscopic encoding patent (http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.
jsp?WO=2005083636)
TDVision Systems, Inc Stereoscopic decoding patent (http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.
jsp?wo=2005083637)
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Multiview Video Coding project (http://www.merl.com/projects/
multiview-coding/)
MPEG Technologies Introduction to Multiview Video Coding (http://mpeg.chiariglione.org/standards/
mpeg-4/advanced-video-coding)
MPEG Visions 3D Video Vision (http://www.chiariglione.org/mpeg/visions/3dv/index.htm)
MPEG Technologies Introduction to 3D Video (http://www.chiariglione.org/mpeg/technologies/general/
mp-3dv/index.htm)
Nokia Research Center Mobile 3D Video project and MVC source code (http://research.nokia.com/research/
mobile3D)
NetBlender MVC encoding solution for 3D BluRay authoring (http://www.netblender.com/main/products/
dostudio-mvc-3d-encoder/quicklook/)
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Article Sources and Contributors

Multiview Video Coding Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=587946231 Contributors: Bearcat, DmitryKo, Lmatt, Mjoachimiak, Mshossny, Regression Tester,
Rubberdude2010, SuperSonicSpeed, Victor.Vendrell, XyKyWyKy, , , 28 anonymous edits

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