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Motion vector consistency

Definition

In unmodified video, motion vectors across consecutive frames track the same objects and follow smooth trajectories. A deleted or inserted frame breaks the motion field: vectors jump discontinuously in direction or magnitude at the tamper boundary.

Related terms

Group of Pictures (GOP)
The periodic structure of I-frames, P-frames, and B-frames in a compressed video stream. Each encoding generation imposes its own GOP structure. When...
I-frame (intra-coded frame)
A video frame that is encoded entirely from its own pixel data, without reference to any other frame. I-frames mark the start...
Inter-frame residual
The pixel-level difference between a predicted frame and the actual frame after decoding. In unmodified video, residuals at scene cuts are elevated...
P-frame (predictive frame)
A frame encoded as a set of changes relative to a preceding reference frame. P-frames are smaller than I-frames because they only...
Presentation Timestamp (PTS)
A value stored in the container for each packet indicating when that frame should be displayed. In an unmodified recording, PTS values...

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