Optimization of H.264 encoder using adaptive mode decision and SIMD instructions

Abstract

This work presents algorithms that optimize the baseline H.264 encoder without loss of image quality and compression ratio. We propose an adaptive mode decision algorithm to speedup complex mode decision with rate distortion optimization (RDO). Also we optimize computation-intensive modules using single instruction multiple data (SIMD) instructions. As a result, the proposed encoder is ten times faster than the JM72 reference encoder.