T-GVC: Trajectory-Guided Generative Video Coding at Ultra-Low Bitrates

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Main Authors: Wang, Zhitao, Man, Hengyu, Li, Wenrui, Wang, Xingtao, Fan, Xiaopeng, Zhao, Debin
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author Wang, Zhitao
Man, Hengyu
Li, Wenrui
Wang, Xingtao
Fan, Xiaopeng
Zhao, Debin
author_facet Wang, Zhitao
Man, Hengyu
Li, Wenrui
Wang, Xingtao
Fan, Xiaopeng
Zhao, Debin
contents Recent advances in video generation techniques have given rise to an emerging paradigm of generative video coding for Ultra-Low Bitrate (ULB) scenarios by leveraging powerful generative priors. However, most existing methods are limited by domain specificity (e.g., facial or human videos) or excessive dependence on high-level text guidance, which tend to inadequately capture fine-grained motion details, leading to unrealistic or incoherent reconstructions. To address these challenges, we propose Trajectory-Guided Generative Video Coding (dubbed T-GVC), a novel framework that bridges low-level motion tracking with high-level semantic understanding. T-GVC features a semantic-aware sparse motion sampling pipeline that extracts pixel-wise motion as sparse trajectory points based on their semantic importance, significantly reducing the bitrate while preserving critical temporal semantic information. In addition, by integrating trajectory-aligned loss constraints into diffusion processes, we introduce a training-free guidance mechanism in latent space to ensure physically plausible motion patterns without sacrificing the inherent capabilities of generative models. Experimental results demonstrate that T-GVC outperforms both traditional and neural video codecs under ULB conditions. Furthermore, additional experiments confirm that our framework achieves more precise motion control than existing text-guided methods, paving the way for a novel direction of generative video coding guided by geometric motion modeling.
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spellingShingle T-GVC: Trajectory-Guided Generative Video Coding at Ultra-Low Bitrates
Wang, Zhitao
Man, Hengyu
Li, Wenrui
Wang, Xingtao
Fan, Xiaopeng
Zhao, Debin
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Multimedia
Recent advances in video generation techniques have given rise to an emerging paradigm of generative video coding for Ultra-Low Bitrate (ULB) scenarios by leveraging powerful generative priors. However, most existing methods are limited by domain specificity (e.g., facial or human videos) or excessive dependence on high-level text guidance, which tend to inadequately capture fine-grained motion details, leading to unrealistic or incoherent reconstructions. To address these challenges, we propose Trajectory-Guided Generative Video Coding (dubbed T-GVC), a novel framework that bridges low-level motion tracking with high-level semantic understanding. T-GVC features a semantic-aware sparse motion sampling pipeline that extracts pixel-wise motion as sparse trajectory points based on their semantic importance, significantly reducing the bitrate while preserving critical temporal semantic information. In addition, by integrating trajectory-aligned loss constraints into diffusion processes, we introduce a training-free guidance mechanism in latent space to ensure physically plausible motion patterns without sacrificing the inherent capabilities of generative models. Experimental results demonstrate that T-GVC outperforms both traditional and neural video codecs under ULB conditions. Furthermore, additional experiments confirm that our framework achieves more precise motion control than existing text-guided methods, paving the way for a novel direction of generative video coding guided by geometric motion modeling.
title T-GVC: Trajectory-Guided Generative Video Coding at Ultra-Low Bitrates
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Multimedia
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07633