A multimedia codec, an application processor including the multimedia codec, and a method of operating the application processor

Multimedia codec according to an embodiment of the present invention, the mode selection signal (mode selection signal) top field (top field) and a sub-field of the first frame belonging to the still picture groups in accordance with the field mode (field mode), which is determined by the ( bottom field) by dividing includes an encoding module for encoding, the intra mode (intra mode) to the higher field in accordance with the source lead unit and the field mode in which the lead (read) and encodes the sub-fields in inter mode (inter mode) do.