HEVC Standard Version 2 Completed

<p>Recently in July, at the 18^th JCT-VC meeting, the 9^th JCT-3V meeting, the 109^th MPEG meeting, and the ITU-T SG16 meeting, the 2^nd edition of the HEVC standard was completed.&nbsp; This 2^nd edition has been approved by ITU-T, and is currently under ballot in ISO/IEC.</p>
<p>This is a significant milestone for InterDigital and other companies working to advance video coding technology.&nbsp; There are two important extensions included in this 2^nd edition.&nbsp; The first is SHVC, which is the scalability extension of HEVC and adds support for embedded bitstream scalability. The second extension, known as MV-HEVC, will provide more efficient video capabilities for 3D stereoscopic and autostereoscopic video tools through the multiview extensions of HEVC.&nbsp; To learn more about these advancements, <a class="offsite" href="http://mpeg.chiariglione.org/meetings/109">click here</a> to visit the MPEG meeting 109 webpage.</p>
<p>InterDigital has been a significant contributor to the HEVC standard, specifically in regards to SHVC.&nbsp; Our engineers answered the SHVC call for proposals with a unique framework known as the &ldquo;Reference Index Based Framework&rdquo;, which is now a fundamental part of SHVC.</p>
<p>To read more on InterDigital&rsquo;s work in the advancement of video coding technologies, check out the <a href="../../../">InterDigital Vault</a>. It has whitepapers, presentations, and videos related to HEVC as well as other hot topics.</p>