H.266/VVC (compression standard of video)

2020: There was a new compression standard of video without loss of quality

On July 7, 2020 the research organization of Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute submitted the new compression standard of video - H.266/VVC. The created codec will allow to cut the size of video files by half, providing at the same time fast data transmission between devices.

Fraunhofer HHI explained that the new solution is focused on effective data compression at which the initial quality remains. The codec is capable to carry out twice more effectively tasks, than the solution HEVC which was submitted in 2013. The codec perfectly copes with processing of video of ultrahigh permission (4K, 8K, 360-degree video) and also with more widespread formats (480p, HD (720p) and FullHD (1080p)).

There was a new compression standard of video. The size decreases twice without loss of quality

For example, the previous HEVC codec would demand 10 GB for video in permission of UHD which duration is 90 minutes. The VVC codec will allow to squeeze video to only 5 GB. H.266/VVC also well copes with coding of the text, graphics, the solution supports adaptive change of permission, 10 bits and HDR. Development of H.266/VVC was performed together with the companies Apple Intel Huawei Ericsson Qualcomm, Sony and Microsoft.

Fraunhofer HHI intends to create uniform model of licensing for the main patents connected with the codec, adhering to the principle of FRAND ("fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory"). The list of the first applications which are supported by coding and decoding using the H.266/VVC standard will be submitted by the Fraunhofer HHI organization in the fall of 2020. It is supposed that before 2021-2022 the hardware solutions supporting the new standard will be hardly presented at the market though the developments of chips aimed at acceleration of H.266 at the hardware level actively are performed by July of the 2020th.^[1]

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