Some terminology used in this report is explained below:
AVC: Advanced video coding – the video coding standard formally published as ITU-T Recommendation H.264 and ISO/IEC 14496-10.
BD: Bjøntegaard-delta – a method for measuring percentage bit rate savings at equal PSNR or decibels of PSNR benefit at equal bit rate (e.g., as described in document VCEG-M33 of April 2001).
R-D: rate-distortion.
RDO: rate-distortion optimization.
JM: Joint model – the primary software codebase developed for the AVC standard.
HEVC: High Efficiency Video Coding – the video coding standardization initiative under way in the JCT-VC.
TMuC: Test Model under Consideration – a video coding design containing selected proposed coding tools that are under study by the JCT-VC for potential inclusion in the HEVC standard.
