An Optimization for CAVLC Code Table Lookup Algorithm in H. 264 Decoder
D. J. Lu, Guofan Liu, Lingli Zhu · 2011
The computational complexity of H.264 video coding standard is two or three times higher than that of H.263 and MPEG-4. Especially, the operation of the entropy coding is one of the most time-consuming parts in the decoder. According to the characteristics of two-dimensional code table for CAVLC, a fast algorithm was proposed in H.264 decoder implementation, which enable different strategies to be made respectively based on the Variable Length Codes and the Fixed Length Codes existing in two-dimensional code table for CAVLC. The computer simulation results indicate that the decoding time of the entropy decode algorithm can be decreased by 75.1%-82.7% than the original algorithm in the H.264 reference software.