Cloud-based Workflow for AVC Film Grain Synthesis
Vijayakumar Gayathri Ramakrishna, Kaustubh Shripad Patankar, Mukund Srinivasan · 2023
This paper describes and demonstrates a cloud-based workflow for bit-accurate film grain synthesis for providing a better viewing experience in streaming video applications. Film grain technology can be potentially used with video sources that do not have original film grain, as a compression aid tool to improve the subjective quality by subtly masking video coding artifacts at low bitrate encodings. This paper describes the key components which can enable streaming service providers and streaming client applications to build workflow and video playback applications using film grain technology. Some of the component software are made available for public use on popular open-source platforms like GitHub.