H.264/AVC Scalability Extension (SVC)

Overview

SVC was developed as an extension of H.264/AVC. It provides support for temporal, spatial, SNR and combined scalability.

SVC reference software

The SVC reference software can be found in the following git repository:

• JSVM

The software is also available as part of the respective ITU-T and ISO/IEC standards:

• ITU-T Recommendation H.264.2: Reference software for ITU-T H.264 advanced video coding
• ISO/IEC 14496-5: Reference software

Overview Papers

• H. Schwarz, D. Marpe and T. Wiegand, "Overview of the Scalable H.264/MPEG4-AVC Extension", 006 International Conference on Image Processing, Atlanta, GA, 2006, pp. 161-164.