Video Compression Picture Types - Predicted Frames/slices (P-frames/slices)

Predicted Frames/slices (P-frames/slices)

  • Require the prior decoding of some other picture(s) in order to be decoded.
  • May contain both image data and motion vector displacements and combinations of the two.
  • Can reference previous pictures in decoding order.
  • Older standard designs (such as MPEG-2) use only one previously decoded picture as a reference during decoding, and require that picture to also precede the P picture in display order.
  • In H.264, can use multiple previously decoded pictures as references during decoding, and can have any arbitrary display-order relationship relative to the picture(s) used for its prediction.
  • Typically require fewer bits for encoding than I pictures do.

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