arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 17

Flexible-Region Based Adaptive In-Loop Filter for Video Coding

The paper proposes a Flexible-Region Based Adaptive In-Loop Filter (FRALF) for video coding, extending the existing Adaptive Loop Filter (ALF) used in AVS3 by introducing multiple region partition templates such as 2×4, 4×4, 4×8, and 8×8. It also presents a filter coefficient merging algorithm that estimates distortion levels across different partition regions to further improve coding efficiency. Experimental results demonstrate that FRALF outperforms the current region-based ALF in AVS3 while keeping complexity increases relatively low.

By Xuewei Meng, Chuanmin Jia, Jing Cui, Shanshe Wang, Siwei Ma
arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 7

Scalable Neural Video Representation Compression

Scalable Neural Video Representation Compression (S-NVRC) introduces a scalable implicit neural representation (INR) video codec that supports fine-grained bitrate and decoding‑complexity scalability from a single embedded bitstream. It uses a coarse‑to‑fine prefix for feature grids and a nested prefix for network layers, enabling a wide range of operating points while maintaining a single encoding. On the UVG dataset, S‑NVRC outperforms SHM 12.4 and multi‑layer VTM‑20.0 by 43.7 % and 5.6 % in BD‑rate, respectively, and offers flexible complexity scalability.

By Tianhao Peng, Ho Man Kwan, Fan Zhang, Shan Liu, David Bull
arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 7

Multi-scale Image Representation Compression

The paper introduces MIRC, an overfitted image codec that quantizes and entropy‑codes all components—including latents, synthesis network, and entropy models—within a single end‑to‑end rate‑distortion framework inspired by NVRC. It adds a multi‑scale representation with cross‑stage parameter sharing to capture cross‑scale redundancy, yielding a 10.5 % BD‑rate saving over VVC on the CLIC2020 professional set. MIRC offers multiple configurations ranging from 1.2 to 2.9 kMAC per pixel, allowing decoding complexity to be tuned to deployment needs.

By Tianhao Peng, Ho Man Kwan, Fan Zhang, Shan Liu, David Bull