---
OA_type: closed access
_id: '3685'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'Video compression currently is dominated by engineering and fine-tuned heuristic
    methods. In this paper, we propose to instead apply the well-developed machinery
    of machine learning in order to support the optimization of existing video encoders
    and the creation of new ones. Exemplarily, we show how by machine learning we
    can improve one encoding step that is crucial for the performance of all current
    video standards: macroblock mode decision. By formulating the problem in a Bayesian
    setup, we show that macroblock mode decision can be reduced to a classification
    problem with a cost function for misclassification that is sample dependent. We
    demonstrate how to apply different machine learning techniques to obtain suitable
    classifiers and we show in detailed experiments that all of these perform better
    than the state-of-the-art heuristic method'
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Christoph
  full_name: Lampert, Christoph
  id: 40C20FD2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Lampert
  orcid: 0000-0001-8622-7887
citation:
  ama: 'Lampert C. Machine learning for video compression: Macroblock mode decision.
    In: <i>Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Pattern Recognition
    - Volume 01</i>. IEEE; 2006:936-940. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPR.2006.778">10.1109/ICPR.2006.778</a>'
  apa: 'Lampert, C. (2006). Machine learning for video compression: Macroblock mode
    decision. In <i>Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Pattern Recognition
    - Volume 01</i> (pp. 936–940). Hong Kong, China: IEEE. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPR.2006.778">https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPR.2006.778</a>'
  chicago: 'Lampert, Christoph. “Machine Learning for Video Compression: Macroblock
    Mode Decision.” In <i>Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Pattern
    Recognition - Volume 01</i>, 936–40. IEEE, 2006. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPR.2006.778">https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPR.2006.778</a>.'
  ieee: 'C. Lampert, “Machine learning for video compression: Macroblock mode decision,”
    in <i>Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Pattern Recognition
    - Volume 01</i>, Hong Kong, China, 2006, pp. 936–940.'
  ista: 'Lampert C. 2006. Machine learning for video compression: Macroblock mode
    decision. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Pattern Recognition
    - Volume 01. ICPR: International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 936–940.'
  mla: 'Lampert, Christoph. “Machine Learning for Video Compression: Macroblock Mode
    Decision.” <i>Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Pattern Recognition
    - Volume 01</i>, IEEE, 2006, pp. 936–40, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPR.2006.778">10.1109/ICPR.2006.778</a>.'
  short: C. Lampert, in:, Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Pattern
    Recognition - Volume 01, IEEE, 2006, pp. 936–940.
conference:
  end_date: 2006-08-24
  location: Hong Kong, China
  name: 'ICPR: International Conference on Pattern Recognition'
  start_date: 2006-08-20
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:04:37Z
date_published: 2006-09-18T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-08-27T13:19:16Z
day: '18'
doi: 10.1109/ICPR.2006.778
extern: '1'
fulldoi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPR.2006.778
language:
- iso: eng
month: '09'
oa_version: None
page: 936 - 940
publication: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Pattern Recognition
  - Volume 01
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - '0769525210'
  issn:
  - 1051-4651
publication_status: published
publisher: IEEE
publist_id: '2689'
status: public
title: 'Machine learning for video compression: Macroblock mode decision'
type: conference
user_id: 317138e5-6ab7-11ef-aa6d-ffef3953e345
year: '2006'
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