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uvg266
uvg266 is a VVC encoder that is based on our Kvazaar. The development of uvg266 started in 2018 by starting to convert the CABAC and intra prediction of Kvazaar to VVC. Originally only the planar, DC, and 33 angular modes from VVC were supported. Though that was quickly extended to the full 65 intra modes included in VVC.
The development work continued by adding support for the rest of the tools included in HEVC that were copied to VVC. The focus was put on intra tools with the intention of implementing all of the intra VVC tools before statring to implement the inter tools. Currently, uvg266 supports all of the intra tools included in VVC; intra sub partition (ISP), cross-component linear model (CCLM), multi reference line (MRL), matrix intra prediction (MIP), multiple transform selection (MTS), low-frequence non-separable transform (LFNST), adaptive loop filter (ALF), and intra block copy (IBC). Additionally, uvg266 supports dual tree and multi type tree (MTT) for intra slices.
In the future we plan on developping methods to reduce the massive complexity of the VVC encoder and start working on the inter tools. The goal is to have a fully functional VVC encoder that is fast and efficient.
Please cite the following paper for any usage of uvg266:
M. Viitanen, J. Sainio, A. Mercat, A. Lemmetti, and J. Vanne, “From HEVC to VVC: the first development steps of a practical intra video encoder,” IEEE Trans. Consumer Electron., vol. 68, no. 2, Jan. 2022, pp. 139-148. [Tuni.fi] [PDF]
Publications
Journals:
J. Sainio, A. Mercat, and J. Vanne, “Design space exploration of practical VVC encoding for emerging media applications,” IEEE Trans. Consumer Electron., vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 387-400, Nov. 2022. [Tuni.fi] [PDF]
M. Viitanen, J. Sainio, A. Mercat, A. Lemmetti, and J. Vanne, “From HEVC to VVC: the first development steps of a practical intra video encoder,” IEEE Trans. Consumer Electron., vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 139-148, Jan. 2022. [Tuni.fi] [PDF]
Conferences:
J. Sainio, B. Ataman, A. Marie, A. Mercat, and J. Vanne, “Fast Machine Learning Aided Intra Mode Decision for Real-Time VVC Intra Coding,” in Proc. IEEE Visual Comm. Image Proc., Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 2024.
K. Siivonen, J. Sainio, G. Gautier, A. Mercat, and J. Vanne, “Vectorized Angular Intra Prediction for Practical VVC Encoding,” in Proc. IEEE Visual Comm. Image Proc., Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 2024.
M. Viitanen, J. Sainio, K.Siivonen, A. Mercat, and J. Vanne, “uvg266: Open-source VVC intra encoder,” in Proc. ACM Int. Conf. Multimedia, Melbourne, Australia, Oct.-Nov. 2024.
J. Sainio, A. Mercat, and J. Vanne, “Vectorized and optimized dependent quantization for practical VVC encoding,” in Proc. IEEE Visual Comm. Image Proc., Jeju, Korea, Dec. 2023. [Tuni.fi] [PDF]
K. Siivonen, J. Sainio, A. Mercat, and J. Vanne, “Tailored AVX2 transform kernels for Versatile Video Coding,” in Proc. IEEE Nordic Circuits Syst. Conf., Aalborg, Denmark, Oct.-Nov. 2023. [Tuni.fi] [PDF]
M. Viitanen, J. Sainio, A. Mercat, G. Gautier, J. Vanne, I. Farhat, P.-L. Cabarat, W. Hamidouche, and D. Menard, “Open-source toolkit for live end-to-end 4K VVC intra coding,” in Proc. ACM Multimedia Syst. Conf., Vancouver, Canada, Jun. 2023. [Tuni.fi] [PDF]