Current video coding standards: H.264/AVC, Dirac, AVS China and VC-1

Video coding standards: H.264/AVC, DIRAC, AVS China and VC-1 are presented. These are the latest standards and are adopted by ITU-T/ISO-IEC, BBC, China standards organization and SMPTE respectively. Besides presenting these standards, research potential and as well projects (both at UG and grad levels) are emphasized. These are available by accessing the database for research and projects in. Web/ftp sites for accessing standards documents, software, test sequences, conformance bit streams, industry activities etc are provided.