Patent ID: 8879003

Claim:
A method comprising: accessing information indicating that one or more consecutive pictures from a video sequence are not to be displayed; determining a pause term indicating an amount of distortion associated with a pause arising from not displaying the one or more consecutive pictures that are not to be displayed; determining a motion term indicating an amount of distortion associated with a change in motion arising from not displaying the one or more consecutive pictures that are not to be displayed, wherein the change in motion is one of a jump in motion and a stop in motion the motion term indicating an amount of distortion arising from the jump in motion occurring from displaying another picture from the video sequence as the next picture displayed after displaying the substantially common picture when the change in motion is the jump in motion, and the motion term indicating an amount of distortion arising from the stop in motion occurring from displaying the substantially common picture during the display time rather than displaying the one or more consecutive pictures that are not to be displayed if the motion is the stop in motion; and determining a combined indicator of an amount of distortion based on an addition of the pause term and the motion term.