Implementing the MPEG-4 advanced simple profile for streaming video applications

With new tools for advanced coding efficiency, such as global motion compensation and quarter-pel motion compensation, the newly defined visual MPEG-4 Advanced Simple (AS) Profile targets in particular the increasingly important field of streaming video applications in the promising 1–2 MBit/s range. Based on an analysis of MPEG-4 AS profile bitstream statistics, the implementation on a programmable multimedia processor platform is described, achieving real-time decoding performance for ITU-R 601 resolution video.