Versatile Video Coding

VVC / H.266 / MPEG-I Part 3
Versatile video coding
Status	In force
Year started	2017
First published	2020
Latest version	3rd Edition; 29 September 2023
Organization	ITU-T, ISO, IEC
Committee	SG16 (Secretary: Simao Campos) (VCEG), MPEG
Base standards	H.261, H.262, H.263, H.264, H.265, ISO/IEC 14496-2, MPEG-1
Related standards	H.267 (aka Enhanced Coding Model)
Predecessor	H.265
Successor	H.267
Domain	Video compression
License	RAND
Website	www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-H.266

Versatile Video Coding (VVC), also known as H.266,^[1] ISO/IEC 23090-3,^[2] and MPEG-I Part 3, is a video compression standard finalized on 6 July 2020, by the Joint Video Experts Team (JVET)^[3] of the VCEG working group of ITU-T Study Group 16 and the MPEG working group of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29. It is the successor to High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC, also known as ITU-T H.265 and MPEG-H Part 2). It was developed with two primary goals – improved compression performance and support for a very broad range of applications.^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ "H.266: Versatile video coding". International Telecommunication Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^ "Information technology — Coded representation of immersive media — Part 3: Versatile video coding". International Organization for Standardization (2nd ed.). September 2022. ISO/IEC 23090-3:2022. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
^ "JVET - Joint Video Experts Team". International Telecommunication Union. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ Bross, Benjamin; Chen, Jianle; Ohm, Jens-Rainer; Sullivan, Gary J.; Wang, Ye-Kui (September 2021). "Developments in International Video Coding Standardization After AVC, With an Overview of Versatile Video Coding (VVC)". Proceedings of the IEEE. 109 (9): 1463–1493. doi:10.1109/JPROC.2020.3043399. S2CID 234183758.
^ Bross, Benjamin; Wang, Ye-Kui; Ye, Yan; Liu, Shan; Sullivan, Gary J.; Ohm, Jens-Rainer (October 2021). "Overview of the Versatile Video Coding (VVC) Standard and its Applications". IEEE Trans. Circuits & Systs. For Video Technol. 31 (10): 3736–3764. doi:10.1109/TCSVT.2021.3101953. S2CID 238243504.
^ Boyce, Jill M.; Chen, Jianle; Liu, Shan; Ohm, Jens-Rainer; Sullivan, Gary J.; Wiegand, Thomas; Ye, Yan; Zhu, Wenwu (October 2021). "Guest Editorial Introduction to the Special Section on the VVC Standard". IEEE Trans. Circuits & Systs. For Video Technol. 31 (10): 3731–3735. doi:10.1109/TCSVT.2021.3111712. S2CID 238425004.

[1] "H.266: Versatile video coding". International Telecommunication Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

[2] "Information technology — Coded representation of immersive media — Part 3: Versatile video coding". International Organization for Standardization (2nd ed.). September 2022. ISO/IEC 23090-3:2022. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

[3] "JVET - Joint Video Experts Team". International Telecommunication Union. Retrieved 21 January 2019.

[4] Bross, Benjamin; Chen, Jianle; Ohm, Jens-Rainer; Sullivan, Gary J.; Wang, Ye-Kui (September 2021). "Developments in International Video Coding Standardization After AVC, With an Overview of Versatile Video Coding (VVC)". Proceedings of the IEEE. 109 (9): 1463–1493. doi:10.1109/JPROC.2020.3043399. S2CID 234183758.

[5] Bross, Benjamin; Wang, Ye-Kui; Ye, Yan; Liu, Shan; Sullivan, Gary J.; Ohm, Jens-Rainer (October 2021). "Overview of the Versatile Video Coding (VVC) Standard and its Applications". IEEE Trans. Circuits & Systs. For Video Technol. 31 (10): 3736–3764. doi:10.1109/TCSVT.2021.3101953. S2CID 238243504.

[6] Boyce, Jill M.; Chen, Jianle; Liu, Shan; Ohm, Jens-Rainer; Sullivan, Gary J.; Wiegand, Thomas; Ye, Yan; Zhu, Wenwu (October 2021). "Guest Editorial Introduction to the Special Section on the VVC Standard". IEEE Trans. Circuits & Systs. For Video Technol. 31 (10): 3731–3735. doi:10.1109/TCSVT.2021.3111712. S2CID 238425004.

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