MOVIE IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND MOVIE IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE

摘要

A movie image encoding device (1200), which segments movie image signals into a plurality of macroblocks, and encodes the difference between the respective segmented macroblocks and motion compensation prediction images, comprises: a prediction processing unit (1220) that performs prediction processing for the plurality of movie image signals; and a control unit (1214) that issues an instruction to the prediction processing unit to reduce the amount of calculation relating to prediction processing for a first movie image signal only, in the case where prediction processing for the first movie image signal and prediction processing for a second movie image signal with a smaller frame than the first movie image signal are simultaneously performed.