%0 Journal Article %A Ekmekcioglu, Erhan %A Worrall, Stewart T. %A Kondoz, Ahmet %D 2016 %T Utilisation of downsampling for arbitrary views in multi-view video coding %U https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Utilisation_of_downsampling_for_arbitrary_views_in_multi-view_video_coding/9465377 %K Multi-view video %K 3D video %X The effect of using downsampling for arbitrary views inside a multiview sequence on the multi-view coding (MVC) efficiency is explored. A bit rate adaptive approach is proposed to consider downsampling certain views prior to encoding with relevant downscaling ratios. The inter-view references, if any, are downsampled to the same resolution and the decoded view is upsampled back to the original resolution. The results over several multi-view test sequences imply that up to 0.9 dB gain or 20% reduction in bit rate can be achieved, reducing the computational complexity in the encoder significantly at the same time. %I Loughborough University