Ozbetf N.Tekalp A.M.2019-10-272019-10-2720050780391349; 97807803913451522-48801522-4880https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIP.2005.1529821https://hdl.handle.net/11454/21911IEEE International Conference on Image Processing 2005, ICIP 2005 -- 11 September 2005 through 14 September 2005 -- Genova -- 68264We focus on the question of how we can select the best multiple reference pictures for enhanced H.264 video encoding by a fast, computationally efficient method. We propose a simple histogram-similarity based method for selecting the best set of multiple reference pictures. Out-of-order coding of these frames is implemented by means of pyramid encoding. Experimental results show that the proposed approach can provide encoding time saving up to 23% with similar picture quality and bitrate for selected video sequences. © 2005 IEEE.en10.1109/ICIP.2005.1529821info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessConference Object1597600N/A