  Dynamic texture refers to image sequences of non-rigid objects that exhibit
some regularity in their movement. Videos of smoke, fire etc. fall under the
category of dynamic texture. Researchers have investigated different ways to
analyze dynamic textures since early nineties. Both appearance based (image
intensities) and motion based approaches are investigated. Motion based
approaches turn out to be more effective. A group of researchers have
investigated ways to utilize the motion vectors readily available with the
blocks in video codes like MGEG/H26X. In this paper we provide a review of the
dynamic texture analysis methods using block motion. Research into dynamic
texture analysis using block motion includes recognition, motion computation,
segmentation, and synthesis. We provide a comprehensive review of these
approaches.
