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Session:Performance Comparison of Video Standards
Location:Lecture Room
Session Time:Monday, June 25, 15:40 - 17:00
Presentation Time:Monday, June 25, 16:20 - 16:40
Presentation: Lecture
Paper Title: A COMPARISON OF JEM AND AV1 WITH HEVC: CODING TOOLS, CODING EFFICIENCY AND COMPLEXITY
Authors: Thorsten Laude; Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany 
 Yeremia Gunawan Adhisantoso; Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany 
 Jan Voges; Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany 
 Marco Munderloh; Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany 
 Jörn Ostermann; Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany 
Abstract: The current state-of-the-art for standardized video codecs is High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) which was developed jointly by ISO/IEC and ITU-T. Recently, the development of two contenders for the next generation of standardized video codecs began: ISO/IEC and ITU-T advance the development of the Joint Exploration Model (JEM), a possible successor of HEVC, while the Alliance for Open Media forwards the video codec AV1. It is asserted by both groups that their codecs achieve superior coding efficiency over the state-of-the-art. In this paper, we discuss the distinguishing features of JEM and AV1 and evaluate their coding efficiency and complexity under well-defined and balanced test conditions. Our main findings are that JEM considerably outperforms HM and AV1 in terms of coding efficiency while AV1 cannot transform increased complexity into competitiveness with neither of the competitors except for the all-intra configuration.