Systems and methods may provide for the detection, location, and processing of static pixels during video processing. In one example, the method may include determining if a color component value of a pixel located at a pixel location remains constant between a first frame and a next frame, determining if the pixel is a low-difference pixel, calculating a motion-compensation error of the color component, determining if the motion compensation error of the color component is large, and generating a map of static pixels including the pixel.