Abstract:
An algorithm based on a pre-analysis of just few slices (GOS) of the current whole picture and/or on a mix of information on the pre-analysis of a slice of the preceding picture and on the actual encoding data of the preceding whole picture is able to implement an efficient constant bit-rate (BR) control with a reduced requisite of buffer memory capacity and a proportionally less costly hardware. The pre-analysis may be carried out by precoding the GOS with a constant reference quantizer or by entropy computation and the local control of the bit-rate is implemented by way of an integrative-proportional controller.