ITU-T VCEG (Q6/16) and ISO/IEC MPEG (JTC 1/SC 29/WG 11) are jointly studying the potential for standardization of video coding technology with a compression capability that significantly exceeds that of the HEVC standard (Rec. ITU-T H.265 | ISO/IEC 23008-2) and its current extensions. Such future standardization could take the form of additional extension(s) of HEVC or an entirely new standard.
To better coordinate this study, VCEG and MPEG created the Joint Video Exploration Team (JVET) as an informal collaboration. The scope of the JVET activity includes consideration of a variety of video sources and video applications. Example sources include camera-view content, screen content, consumer generated content, virtual reality/360º content, and high dynamic range content, while example applications include broadcast (with live or pre-authored content), real-time video conferencing, video chat, on-demand viewing, storage-based media replay, and surveillance with fixed or moving cameras.
This Call for Evidence (CfE) has been issued jointly as part of this study. The CfE requests information regarding video compression technology that has compression performance beyond that of HEVC. Responses to the CfE will be evaluated in July 2017, as further described below. Depending on the result of the evaluation, a formal Call for Proposals (CfP) is likely to be issued in preparation for starting a formal standardization project.
Companies and organizations who have developed compression technology that they believe to have compression capability better than that of the Main 10 Profile of the HEVC standard are kindly invited to bring such information to the JVET in response to this Call for Evidence. Additionally, contributions are also welcome regarding technology that better supports newly emerging application areas of video coding.
