Abstract:
Dynamic Range Adjustment can be used to correct distortions that can occur when the dynamic range of the colors in video are transformed. In various examples, Dynamic Range Adjustment can be performed using a piecewise linear function that takes as input a range of color values. Parameters describing the piecewise linear function can be encoded into a bitstream, and the parameters can be used by a decoding process to reconstruct the piecewise linear function. To improve encoding efficiency, techniques can be applied by which redundant values in the parameters need not be encoded when the range of input values for the piecewise linear function can be divided into portions having equal lengths. The decoding process can derive the omitted values from values that are provided, and can apply the piecewise linear function to decoded video data to perform Dynamic Range Adjustment.
Abstract:
An apparatus configured to process video data includes a memory and a processor in communication with the memory where the processor is configured to obtain an input picture including a color component having a first color characteristic, obtain a plurality of parameters associated with the color component of at least one sample of the input picture where the plurality of parameters are indicative of pivot points associated with a piece-wise linear function associated with the color component, determine that a value of at least one parameter of the plurality of parameters includes a negative value, apply, on the at least one sample of the input picture, the piece-wise linear function defined with the at least one parameter having a negative value, generate at least one output sample of an output picture including the color component having a second color characteristic based on the application of the piece-wise linear function.
Abstract:
Video data bitstreams may contain bitstream conformance parameters, such as hypothetical reference decoder (HRD) parameters, which may be used to allow a decoder to test the conformance of a received bitstream. In multi-layer codecs transmitted using partitions, the video data may be associated with one or more layer sets. Each layer set may be associated with one or more output layer sets. Each output layer set may be further associated with one or more partitioning schemes. Conformance parameters are mapped to partitions of a partitioning scheme, based upon the output layer set that the partitioning scheme is associated with. This allows for a partition to be associated with different conformance parameters, depending upon the output layer set that is being used.
Abstract:
An apparatus configured to code video information includes a memory unit and a processor in communication with the memory unit. The memory unit is configured to store video information associated with a reference layer (RL) and an enhancement layer (EL), the RL having an RL picture in a first access unit, and the EL having a first EL picture in the first access unit, wherein the first EL picture is associated with a first set of parameters. The processor is configured to determine whether the first EL picture is an intra random access point (IRAP) picture, determine whether the first access unit immediately follows a splice point where first video information is joined with second video information including the first EL picture, and perform, based on the determination of whether the first EL picture is an intra random access point (IRAP) picture and whether the first access unit immediately follows a splice point, one of (1) refraining from associating the first EL picture with a second set of parameters that is different from the first set of parameters, or (2) associating the first EL picture with a second set of parameters that is different from the first set of parameters. The processor may encode or decode the video information.
Abstract:
An apparatus configured to code video information includes a memory unit and a processor in communication with the memory unit. The memory unit is configured to store video information associated with a first video layer having a first picture. The processor is configured to process picture order count (POC) derivation information associated with the first picture, and determine, based on the POC derivation information associated with the first picture, a POC value of at least one other picture in the first video layer that precedes the first picture in decoding order. The processor may encode or decode the video information.
Abstract:
In one example, a device for decoding video data includes a video decoder configured to decode a value representative of a difference between most significant bits (MSBs) of a reference picture order count (POC) value and MSBs of a long-term reference picture (LTRP) POC value, wherein the reference POC value corresponds to a picture for which data must have been received in order to properly decode a current picture, determine the MSBs of the LTRP POC value based on the decoded value and the reference POC value, and decode at least a portion of the current picture relative to the LTRP based at least in part on the LTRP POC value. The picture for which data must have been received in order to properly decode a current picture may correspond to the current picture itself or a most recent random access point (RAP) picture.
Abstract:
Techniques are described for improving intra-subpartitioning (ISP) mode for splitting coding blocks into sub-blocks. In some cases, whether ISP mode is enabled for a coding block is based on size constraints pertaining to data units (e.g., VPDUs, transform blocks, among others). For instance, based on a size constraint related to a VPDU, the ISP mode can be disabled for coding blocks crossing VPDU boundaries. In some cases, whether to enable ISP mode may be based on comparison of the width and/or height of the coding block to size thresholds corresponding to one or more maximum transform block sizes. In some cases, where the ISP mode is enabled for a coding block, a value of a flag used for defining a type of split, horizontal or vertical, for the coding block, can be inferred based on the width and/or height of the coding block relative to one or more thresholds.
Abstract:
Techniques are described for improving intra-subpartitioning (ISP) mode for splitting coding blocks into sub-blocks. In some cases, whether ISP mode is enabled for a coding block is based on size constraints pertaining to data units (e.g., VPDUs, transform blocks, among others). For instance, based on a size constraint related to a VPDU, the ISP mode can be disabled for coding blocks crossing VPDU boundaries. In some cases, whether to enable ISP mode may be based on comparison of the width and/or height of the coding block to size thresholds corresponding to one or more maximum transform block sizes. In some cases, where the ISP mode is enabled for a coding block, a value of a flag used for defining a type of split, horizontal or vertical, for the coding block, can be inferred based on the width and/or height of the coding block relative to one or more thresholds.
Abstract:
Dynamic Range Adjustment can be used to correct distortions that can occur when the dynamic range of the colors in video are transformed. In various examples, Dynamic Range Adjustment can be performed using a function without discontinuities that takes as input a range of color values. Parameters describing the function can be encoded into a bitstream, and the parameters can be used by a decoding process to reconstruct the function. The function can be linear or non-linear. The function optionally includes a piece-wise linear function.
Abstract:
An apparatus for coding video information according to certain aspects includes a memory and a processor configured to: determine a value of a first flag indicative of whether preceding pictures that precede a current picture in a current layer in decoding order are used for temporal motion vector prediction (TMVP) of subsequent pictures that follow the current picture in the current layer in decoding order, the first flag associated with the current picture; and refrain from using the preceding pictures in the current layer as reference pictures for TMVP of the current picture, in response to determining that the value of the first flag indicates that the preceding pictures in the current layer should not be used for TMVP of the subsequent pictures in the current layer.