Table 3. Sequences Characteristics.

Name Characteristics for Video coding
Blue sky Top of two trees against blue sky. High contrast, small color differences in the sky, many details. Camera rotation.
Pedestrian Area Shot of a pedestrian area. Low camera position, people pass by very close to the camera. High depth of field. Static camera.
Riverbed Riverbed seen through the water. Very hard to code.
Rush-hour Rush-hour in Munich city. Many cars moving slowly, high depth of focus. Fixed camera.
Station View from a bridge to Munich station. Evening shot. Long zoom out. Many details, regular structures (tracks)
Sunflower Sunflower, very detailed shot. One bee on the sunflower, small color differences and very bright yellow. Fixed camera, small global motion.
Tractor A tractor in a field. Whole sequence contains parts that are zoomed in and a total view. Camera is following the tractor, chaotic object movement, structure of a harvested field. Very red wheels of the tractor