store halfpel filter coefficients in the header as well as the flag for diagonal interpolation the primary reason for this change is that previously MC up to 1/4 pel matched H.264 exactly and that increases the risk of stumbling over patents secondly this allows 0.10 db or more quality gain by choosing a longer filter and the filter could also be chosen optimally for each frame though that of course would cause speed loss at the decoder and encoder side ...