A Fast Mode Selection Algorithm Using Texture Analysis for H.264/AVC

H.264/AVC, the newest international video coding standard achieves higher compression efficiency as compared to all other existing coding standard such as MPEG-4 and H.263. However this efficiency comes with a dramatic increase in computational complexity due to several advanced techniques, such as inter mode and intra mode prediction with variable size motion compensation. It adopts rate distortion optimization (RDO), while maximizing visual quality and minimizing the required bit rate. In this paper, we propose a fast inter mode selection algorithm. The aim is to reduce the number of modes in intra and inter mode prediction. Experimental results show that this algorithm reduces the total encoding time with little loss of bit rate and visual quality. Keywords-H.264/AVC, rate distortion optimization (RDO), inter-mode prediction, intra-mode prediction.