H.265标准已获通过

原文链接：http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2013/01.aspx

 

New video codec to ease pressure on global networks
缓解全球网络压力的新一代视频编解码器
Successor to award-winning standard to unleash new innovation
一流标准的继任者，产业革新的推动者

Geneva, 25 January 2013 – A new video coding standard building on the PrimeTime Emmy award  winning ITU-T H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC was agreed by ITU members today.
日内瓦，2013年1月25日—— 构建于“黄金时段艾美奖获得者” ITU-T H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC（以下简称H.264）基础上的新视频编码标准，今天由ITU成员批准。
 
The new codec will considerably ease the burden on global networks where, by some estimates, video accounts for more than half of bandwidth use. The new standard, known informally as ‘High Efficiency Video Coding’ (HEVC) will need only half the bit rate of its predecessor, ITU-T H.264 / MPEG-4 Part 10 ‘Advanced Video Coding’ (AVC), which currently accounts for over 80 per cent of all web video. HEVC will unleash a new phase of innovation in video production spanning the whole ICT spectrum, from mobile devices through to Ultra-High Definition TV.
    据估计，视频数据已经占用了全球网络一半以上的带宽，而该编解码器将大大减轻网络带宽在视频数据方面的负担。该标准的非正式名称为“高效视频编码”（HEVC），它将比其前辈H.264节省一半的码率（目前超过80%的网络视频采用了H.264技术进行压缩），HEVC将把横跨整个通信与信息技术领域的、从移动设备到超高分辨率电视的视频产业引入到一个新的变革阶段。

ITU-T’s Study Group 16 has agreed first-stage approval (consent) of the much-anticipated standard known formally as Recommendation ITU-T H.265 or ISO/IEC 23008-2. It is the product of collaboration between the ITU Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) and the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG).
    ITU-T的第16研究组（SG16）已就这一期待已久的、正式名称为ITU-T H.265或 ISO/IEC 23008-2的标准达成了初步一致。该标准是ITU的视频编码专家组（VCEG）和ISO/IEC的运动图像专家组（MPEG）合作的产物。

Dr Hamadoun I. Touré, Secretary-General, ITU: “ITU-T H.264 underpinned rapid progression and expansion of the video ecosystem, with many adopting it to replace their own proprietary compression codecs. The industry continues to look to ITU and its partners as the global benchmark for video compression, and I have no doubt that this new standard will be as effective as its predecessor in enabling the next wave of innovation in this fast-paced industry.”
    ITU常务秘书长哈马道恩博士说：“H.264为视频生态系统的快速进步和发展夯实了基础，因为许多企业用H.264取代了他们独有的压缩编解码器。工业界一直以来都将ITU及其伙伴视为全球视频压缩领域的牛耳，我认为，新的标准在推动快速发展的视频产业进入下一波变革方面，毫无疑问地将与其前辈（H.264）一样出色。”
 
ITU-T H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC is deployed in products and services from companies including Adobe, Apple, BBC, BT, France Telecom, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Polycom, Samsung, Sony, Tandberg, Toshiba and others to deliver high definition video images over broadcast television, cable TV, a variety of direct-broadcast satellite-based television services, Blu-Ray disc formats, mobile phones, videoconferencing tools, digital storage media, and Internet Protocol television (IPTV). It remains the most deployed global video compression standard.
H.264被用于许多公司的大量产品和设备中，用以在多种系统中传送高分辨率视频图像。目前它仍是市场占有率最高的全球性视频压缩标准。（原文中的公司名称及各类产品不做一一列举）

ITU-T H.265 / ISO/IEC 23008-2 HEVC will provide a flexible, reliable and robust solution, future-proofed to support the next decade of video. The new standard is designed to take account of advancing screen resolutions and is expected to be phased in as high-end products and services outgrow the limits of current network and display technology.
H.265提供一套灵活、可靠、健壮、面向未来的方案，足以支持下一个十年的视频应用。
该新标准主要针对日益增大的屏幕分辨率而设计，并预期将被逐步用于当前受限于网络和显示技术的高端产品和设备中。

Companies including ATEME, Broadcom, Cyberlink, Ericsson, Fraunhofer HHI, Mitsubishi, NHK, NTT DOCOMO and Qualcomm have already showcased implementations of HEVC. The new standard  includes a ‘Main’ profile that supports 8-bit 4:2:0 video, a ‘Main 10’ profile with 10-bit support, and a ‘Main Still Picture’ profile for still image coding that employs the same coding tools as a video ‘intra’ picture.
许多公司都已经展示过HEVC的应用实例（原文中的公司名称不做一一列举）。该新标准包括：一个支持8位的4:2:0格式视频的“Main”档次，一个支持10位视频的“Main 10”档次，以及一个使用与视频的“Intra”图像相同的编码工具、专为静止图像而准备的“Main静止图像”档次。

The ITU/ISO/IEC Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC) (formerly JVT) will continue work on a range of extensions to HEVC, including support for 12-bit video as well as 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 chroma formats. Another important element of this work will be the progression of HEVC towards scalable video coding. The three bodies will also work within the Joint Collaborative Team on 3D-Video (JCT-3V) on the extension of HEVC towards stereoscopic and 3D video coding.
ITU/ISO/IEC的视频编码联合合作组（JCT-VC，即以前的JVT）将继续对HEVC的扩展领域进行研究，包括：12位视频、4:2:2和 4:4:4彩色格式以及另一个重要的发展方向——可伸缩视频编码。上述3方面技术将在JCT-VC的三维视频标准JCT-3V中实现，JCT-3V是HEVC的扩展标准，面向立体和三维视频编码。

award-winning：一流的
much-anticipated：期待已久的
fast-paced：快节奏的
future-proofed：面向未来的
phase in：逐步采用