State of HEVC Bit Rates in 2014 — Comparing HEVC, H.264 and MPEG-2

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY
Doc Type: Conference Paper
Content Type: Original Research
Volume: 2014, No. 10, pp. 1–16
Abstract: This paper presents the results of empirical testing of HEVC for SD, HD and Ultra HD, including data from hundreds of test encodes across a variety of bit rates. The paper then compares HEVC quality results with the quality achieved by common MPEG-2 and H.264 distribution profiles, to determine HEVC bit rate recommendations for SD, HD and Ultra HD distribution. The paper presents the following recommended bit rates for HEVC encoding: SD at 860Kb/sec., HD at 2703Kb/sec., and Ultra HD at 23922Kb/sec. These represent a 45% bit rate savings compared to H.264. HEVC encoding was done using x265 version 1.2, and all quality measurements were done using PSNR and SSIM. The paper uses HEVC Main profile (8-bit) to allow quality matching with H.264 and MPEG-2 8-bit encoding.
Publication Date: 2014-10-01
DOI: 10.5594/M001541
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/M001541
Author(s): John PallettTelestream, Inc., 848 Gold Flat Road, Nevada City CA 95959, johnp@telestream.net
Keyword(s): HEVC, MPEG-2, H.264, Encoding
Copyright: © 2014 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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