Vcodex Limited
Experts in Video Coding

books and publications-

Books:

	The H.264 Advanced Video Compression Standard (2010) "unravels the mysteries behind the latest H.264 standard" (K.R.Rao). Packed with clear examples that explain H.264 in an accessible and practical way.
	H.264 and MPEG-4 Video Compression (2003) is the first book to cover both MPEG-4 Visual and H.264/Advanced Video Coding standards in detail.
	Video Codec Design (2002) demystifies the subject of video coding and presents a practical, design-based approach to this important topic.

Selected Papers:

Low-complexity video compression-

• Kannangara, Richardson, Bystrom et al, "Low Complexity Skip Prediction for H.264 through Lagrangian Cost Estimation", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 16, no. 2, February 2006.
• Zhao and Richardson, “Macroblock Classification for Complexity Management of Video Encoders”, Signal Processing: Image Communication, Vol. 18, Issue 9, Oct. 2003.
• Richardson, Bystrom and Zhao, "Fast H.264 Skip Mode Selection Using an Estimation Framework", Proceedings of International Picture Coding Symposium, April 2006.

Quality optimization for video compression-

• Richardson and Kannangara, "Fast subjective video quality measurement with user feedback", Electronics Letters Vol. 40, Number 13, June 2004 pp. 799-800.
• Zhong, Richardson et al, " Perceptual Quality Of H.264/AVC Deblocking Filter", Proceedings of IEE Visual Information Engineering, April 2005.