Impact of various profiles of H.264 video codec on its performance

Abstract

This paper investigates the effects of profiles of H.264 video codec on its performance. H.264 is the latest international video coding standard. It was jointly developed by the video coding expert group (VCEG) of the ITUT and moving picture expert group (MPEG) of ISO/IEC. The main goals of the H.264 standardization effort have been enhanced compression performance. H.264 has achieved a significant improvement in rate distortion efficiency relative to existing standards. It uses state of the art coding tools and provide enhanced coding efficiency for a wide range of applications including video telephony, video conferencing, streaming video, digital video authority, digital cinema and many others.