Overview of the H560 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS FOR VIDEO TECHNOLOGY, VOL. 13, NO. 7, JULY 2003 Overview of the H.264/AVC Video Coding Standard Thomas Wiegand, Gary J. Sullivan, Senior Member, IEEE, Gisle Bjntegaard, and Ajay Luthra, Senior Member, IEEE Abstract―H.264/AVC is newest video coding standard of the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group and the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group. The main goals of the H.264/AVC standardization effort have been enhanced compression performance and provision of a “network-friendly” video representation addressing “conversational” (video telephony) and “nonconversational” (storage, broadcast, or streaming) applications. H.264/AVC has achieved a significant improvement in rate-distortion efficiency relative to existing standards. This article provides ……