AuthorsM. Jeppsson, H. Espeland, T. Kupka, R. Langseth, A. Petlund, P. Qiaoqiao, C. Xue, K. Pogorelov, M. Riegler, D. Johansen et al.
TitleEfficient Live and on-Demand Tiled HEVC 360 VR Video Streaming
AfilliationCommunication Systems, Machine Learning
Project(s)No Simula project, Department of Holistic Systems
StatusPublished
Publication TypeProceedings, refereed
Year of Publication2018
Conference Name2018 IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM)
Pagination81-88
Date Published12/2018
PublisherIEEE
Place PublishedTaichung, Taiwan
Abstract

With 360◦ panorama video technology becoming commonplace, the need for efficient streaming methods for such videos arises. We go beyond the existing on-demand solutions and present a live streaming system which strikes a trade-off between bandwidth usage and the video quality in the user’s field-of-view. We have created an architecture that combines RTP and DASH to deliver 360◦ VR content to a Huawei set-top-box and a Samsung Galaxy S7. Our system multiplexes a single HEVC hardware decoder to provide faster quality switching than at the traditional GOP boundaries. We demonstrate the performance and illustrate the trade-offs through real-world experiments where we can report comparable bandwidth savings to existing on-demand approaches, but with faster quality switches when the field-of- view changes. 

DOI10.1109/ISM.2018.00022
Citation Key26250

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