Glossary#
The Intel® VPL API and documentation uses a standard set of acronyms and terms. This section describes these conventions.
Acronyms and Terms#
- AVC#
Advanced video codec (same as H.264 and MPEG-4, part 10).
- BRC#
Bit rate control.
- CQP#
Constant quantization parameter.
- DRM#
Digital rights management.
- DXVA2#
Microsoft DirectX* Video Acceleration standard 2.0.
- GOP#
Group of pictures. In video coding, a group of frames in a specific order. In the H.264 standard, a group of I-frames, B-frames and P-frames.
- GPB#
Generalized P/B picture. B-picture, containing only forward references in both L0 and L1.
- H.264#
Video coding standard. See ISO*/IEC* 14496-10 and ITU-T* H.264, MPEG-4 Part 10, Advanced Video Coding, May 2005.
- HDR#
High dynamic range.
- HRD#
Hypothetical reference decoder, a term used in the H.264 specification.
- IDR#
Instantaneous decoding fresh picture, a term used in the H.264 specification.
- LA#
Look ahead. Special encoding mode where encoder performs pre-analysis of several frames before actual encoding starts.
- MCTF#
Motion compensated temporal filter. Special type of noise reduction filter which utilizes motion to improve efficiency of video denoising.
- NAL#
Network abstraction layer.
- PPS#
Picture parameter set.
- QP#
Quantization parameter.
- SEI#
Supplemental enhancement information.
- SPS#
Sequence parameter set.
- VA-API#
Video Acceleration API.
- VBR#
Variable bit rate.
- VBV#
Video buffering verifier.
- Video memory#
Memory used by a hardware acceleration device, also known as GPU, to hold frame and other types of video data.
- VUI#
Video usability information.
Video Formats#
- MPEG#
Moving Picture Experts Group video file.
- MPEG-2#
Moving Picture Experts Group video file. See ISO/IEC 13818-2 and ITU-T H.262, MPEG-2 Part 2, Information Technology- Generic Coding of Moving Pictures and Associate Audio Information: Video, 2000.
- NV12#
YUV 4:2:0 video format, 12 bits per pixel.
- NV16#
YUV 4:2:2 video format, 16 bits per pixel.
- P010#
YUV 4:2:0 video format, extends NV12, 10 bits per pixel.
- P210#
YUV 4:2:2 video format, 10 bits per pixel.
- UYVY#
YUV 4:2:2 video format, 16 bits per pixel.
- VC-1#
Video coding format. See SMPTE* 421M, SMPTE Standard for Television: VC-1 Compressed Video Bitstream Format and Decoding Process, August 2005.
Color Formats#
- I010#
Color format for raw video frames, extends IYUV/I420 for 10 bit.
- IYUV#
A color format for raw video frames, also known as I420.
- RGB32#
Thirty-two-bit RGB color format.
- RGB4#
Thirty-two-bit RGB color format. Also known as RGB32.
- YUY2#
A color format for raw video frames.
- YV12#
A color format for raw video frames, similar to IYUV with U and V reversed.