<s>
The	O
Reconfigurable	B-Algorithm
Video	I-Algorithm
Coding	I-Algorithm
(	O
RVC	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
MPEG	O
initiative	O
to	O
provide	O
an	O
innovative	O
framework	O
of	O
video	O
coding	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Indeed	O
,	O
an	O
RVC	O
codec	O
is	O
described	O
using	O
the	O
dataflow	B-Application
programming	I-Application
paradigm	O
which	O
permits	O
flexibility	O
and	O
reusability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
4	O
)	O
that	O
standardizes	O
actors	O
needed	O
to	O
describe	O
existing	O
video	O
coding	O
standards	O
(	O
currently	O
MPEG-4	O
part	O
2	O
and	O
MPEG-4	B-Application
part	I-Application
10	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
last	O
two	O
decades	O
,	O
many	O
video	O
coding	O
standards	O
(	O
MPEG-2	B-Algorithm
,	O
MPEG-4	B-Application
AVC	I-Application
,	O
VP8	B-Algorithm
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
specification	O
of	O
a	O
video	O
coding	O
standard	O
was	O
previously	O
provided	O
with	O
a	O
textual	O
document	O
and	O
reference	O
software	O
,	O
without	O
consideration	O
for	O
the	O
effort	O
needed	O
to	O
implement	O
the	O
standard	O
on	O
multi-core	B-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
or	O
hardware	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Work	O
on	O
Reconfigurable	B-Algorithm
Video	I-Algorithm
Coding	I-Algorithm
started	O
in	O
March	O
2004	O
during	O
an	O
MPEG	O
meeting	O
at	O
Munich	O
with	O
the	O
research	O
of	O
common	O
elements	O
among	O
existing	O
MPEG	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
more	O
than	O
two	O
years	O
of	O
work	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
found	O
that	O
even	O
if	O
their	O
specifications	O
were	O
strictly	O
different	O
they	O
had	O
some	O
very	O
similar	O
architectures	O
and	O
related	O
data	B-Application
flow	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
meeting	O
saw	O
the	O
proposal	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
MPEG	O
Reconfigurable	B-Algorithm
Video	I-Algorithm
Coding	I-Algorithm
framework	O
accepted	O
,	O
and	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
standard	O
components	O
started	O
.	O
</s>
