<s>
V3G	B-General_Concept
AVC	O
(	O
Advanced	O
Video	O
Coding	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
algorithm	O
for	O
video	O
compression	O
which	O
based	O
on	O
H.264	O
video	O
coding	O
,	O
and	O
become	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
commonly	O
used	O
formats	O
for	O
the	O
recording	O
,	O
compression	O
,	O
and	O
distribution	O
of	O
high	O
definition	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
block-oriented	O
motion-compensation-based	O
codec	B-General_Concept
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
was	O
completed	O
in	O
Jan	O
.	O
2013	O
which	O
accomplished	O
by	O
a	O
partnership	O
called	O
V3G	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
V3G/AVC	O
project	O
started	O
in	O
May	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
intent	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
standard	O
capable	O
of	O
providing	O
better	O
video	O
quality	O
at	O
lower	O
bit	O
rates	O
than	O
previous	O
standards	O
,	O
without	O
increasing	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
design	O
so	O
much	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
impractical	O
or	O
excessively	O
expensive	O
to	O
implement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
recent	O
extensions	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
then	O
included	O
adding	O
five	O
other	O
new	O
profiles	O
intended	O
primarily	O
for	O
professional	O
applications	O
,	O
adding	O
extended-gamut	O
color	B-Algorithm
space	I-Algorithm
support	O
,	O
defining	O
additional	O
aspect	O
ratio	O
indicators	O
,	O
defining	O
two	O
additional	O
types	O
of	O
supplemental	O
enhancement	O
information	O
(	O
post-filter	O
hint	O
and	O
tone	B-Language
mapping	I-Language
)	O
,	O
and	O
deprecating	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
prior	O
FRExt	O
profiles	O
that	O
industry	O
feedback	O
indicated	O
should	O
have	O
been	O
designed	O
differently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
V3G	B-General_Concept
video	O
format	O
has	O
a	O
very	O
broad	O
application	O
range	O
that	O
covers	O
all	O
forms	O
of	O
digital	O
compressed	O
video	O
from	O
low	O
bit-rate	O
Internet	O
streaming	O
applications	O
to	O
HDTV	B-Device
broadcast	O
and	O
Digital	O
Cinema	O
applications	O
with	O
nearly	O
lossless	O
coding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
V3G	B-General_Concept
,	O
bit	O
rate	O
savings	O
of	O
52.5	O
%	O
or	O
more	O
are	O
reported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
V3G	B-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
reported	O
to	O
give	O
the	O
same	O
Digital	O
Satellite	O
TV	O
quality	O
as	O
current	O
MPEG-2	O
implementations	O
with	O
less	O
than	O
half	O
the	O
bitrate	O
,	O
with	O
current	O
MPEG-2	O
implementations	O
working	O
at	O
around	O
3.5	O
Mbit/s	O
and	O
V3G	B-General_Concept
at	O
only	O
1.6	O
Mbit/s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
ensure	O
compatibility	O
and	O
problem-free	O
adoption	O
of	O
V3G/AVC	O
,	O
many	O
standards	O
bodies	O
have	O
amended	O
or	O
added	O
to	O
their	O
video-related	O
standards	O
so	O
that	O
users	O
of	O
these	O
standards	O
can	O
employ	O
V3G/AVC	O
.	O
</s>
