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  1. Video Coding Refresher

  • Hybrid video coding paradigm
  • Video quality assessment
  • HDR, screen content, and omnidirectional video

  2. VVC Overview

  • Standard development and coding architecture
  • Applications and industry adoption
  • Comparison of AVC, HEVC, and VVC coding tools
  • Bit depth, color sampling, and scanning formats

  3. Block Partitioning

  • Quadtree Plus Multi-Type Tree (QT+MTT)
  • Partition Signaling and Redundant Splits
  • Chroma Separate Tree (CST) & Local Dual Tree (LDT)
  • Virtual Pipeline Data Units (VDPUs)

  4. Intracoding

  • DC, Planar, and Angular Prediction
  • Position-Dependent Prediction Combination (PDPC)
  • Multiple Reference Lines (MRL)
  • Matrix-based Intra-picture Prediction (MIP)
  • Cross-Component Linear Model (CCLM)
  • Intra Sub-Partitions (ISP)

  5. Intercoding

  • Reference Picture List and Extended Merge Mode
  • Motion Vector Prediction Techniques:
    • History-based MV Prediction (HMVP)
    • Pair-wise Average MV Prediction
    • Symmetric MVD (SMVD) and Bi-prediction (BCW)
    • Affine Motion Prediction (AMP) and Optical Flow (BDOF, PROF)
    • Decoder-side MV Refinement (DMVR)
    • Combined Intra/Inter-picture Prediction (CIIP)

  6. Transform Coding and Quantization

  • Non-square transform and Multiple Transform Selection (MTS)
  • Low-Frequency Non-Separable Transform (LFNST)
  • Sign Data Hiding (SDH) and Adaptive Chroma QP Offset
  • Dependent Quantization (DQ) and Joint Coding of Chroma Residuals (JCCR)

   
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  7. Entropy Coding

  • CABAC with multi-hypothesis probability estimates
  • Reverse diagonal coefficient scan
  • Improved probability model selections

  8. In-loop Filtering

  • Luma Mapping with Chroma Scaling (LMCS)
  • Deblocking Filter (DBF), Sample Adaptive Offset (SAO), Adaptive Loop Filter (ALF)
  • Cross-Component ALF (CC-ALF)

  9. Performance Metrics

  • Complexity, end-to-end delay, and error resilience

  10. Screen Content Coding

  • Block-Level Differential PCM (BDPCM)
  • Transform-Skip Residual Coding (TSRC)
  • Intra-picture Block Copy (IBC)
  • Palette Mode (PM) and Adaptive Color Transform (ACT)

  11. Omnidirectional Video Coding

  • Motion vector wrap-around
  • Virtual boundaries

  12. Systems Support

  • Random access, trick modes, and scalable multistreams
  • Reference picture resampling

  13. Performance Comparison of VVC vs. HEVC & AV1

  • Coding efficiency, complexity, and encoding speed

  14. VVC Software Encoders

  • VVC Test Model (VTM)
  • Versatile Video Encoder (VVenC) and key encoder options
  • Understanding data flow