The Joint Video Team (JVT) of ISO/IEC MPEG and ITU-T VCEG are finalising a new standard for
the coding (compression) of natural video images. The new standard [1] will be known as H.264 and
also MPEG-4 Part 10, “Advanced Video Coding”. This document introduces the concepts of
Switching P and I slices, part of the Extended Profile of H.264.
The Joint Video Team (JVT) of ISO/IEC MPEG and ITU-T VCEG are finalising a new standard for
the coding (compression) of natural video images. The new standard [1] will be known as H.264 and
also MPEG-4 Part 10, “Advanced Video Coding”. The standard specifies two types of entropy coding:
Context-based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding (CABAC) and Variable-Length Coding (VLC).
The Variable-Length Coding scheme, part of the Baseline Profile of H.264, is described in this
document.
ISO/IEC 13818 7 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/IEC/TC JTC 1, Information Technology, Subcommittee SC 29, Coding of Audio, Picture, Multimedia and Hypermedia Information.
