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H.264/AVC Codec Architecture Mastery Hub: The Industry Found

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Q1Domain Verified
Within the H.264/AVC codec, what is the primary advantage of employing in-loop filtering, specifically deblocking, as opposed to post-processing filters?
Deblocking filters are applied *after* reconstruction and *before* entropy decoding, improving the visual quality of the decoded frames without increasing the bitrate.
Deblocking filters are applied *after* reconstruction but *before* prediction, allowing them to directly mitigate blocking artifacts introduced by block-based transforms.
Deblocking filters are applied *before* entropy coding, ensuring that artifacts are not permanently encoded.
Deblocking filters operate on the compressed bitstream, reducing the need for computationally intensive decoding.
Q2Domain Verified
Consider the context of H.264/AVC's motion compensation. If a macroblock is encoded using a 16x16 block size and a single motion vector, what is the maximum number of reference frames that can be used for prediction from the decoded picture buffer (DPB)?
32
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16
8
Q3Domain Verified
In H.264/AVC, what is the fundamental difference in how Intra-predicted macroblocks are encoded compared to Inter-predicted macroblocks, specifically concerning the source of their prediction data?
Intra-predicted macroblocks are predicted from previously decoded frames in the DPB, while Inter-predicted macroblocks are predicted from neighboring pixels within the same frame.
Intra-predicted macroblocks use motion vectors to sample data from previously decoded frames, while Inter-predicted macroblocks use neighboring already decoded macroblocks within the same frame.
Intra-predicted macroblocks are predicted from previously decoded *neighboring* macroblocks within the same frame, while Inter-predicted macroblocks are predicted from previously decoded frames in the DPB using motion vectors.
Intra-predicted macroblocks are encoded without any prediction, relying solely on transform and quantization, while Inter-predicted macroblocks use motion estimation.

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