MPEG Industry Forum

Profiles for file exchange test
- System: Simple 2D, Advanced 2D
- Audio: High Quality Audio, AAC-LC object type, CELP object type
- Visual: Simple, Simple Scalable, Advanced Simple
Test conditions for streaming test
1. Visual
  1. Simple Profile @Level 1
    - QCIF, 32 kbit/s, 5 frame/s
    - QCIF, 64 kbit/s, 10 frame/s
  2. Advanced Simple Profile @Level 3
    - QCIF, 200 kbps, 30 frame/s
    - CIF, 700 kbps, 30 frame/s
    - CIF, 1.5 Mbps, 30 frame/s
2. Audio
  1. High Quality Audio Profile @Level 2
    1. AAC-LC Object Type
      - 32 kbps mono and 64, 96, 128 kbit/s stereo
      - 44.1 kHz sampling
    2. CELP Object
      - 6 and 8 kbit/s
3. Transport and Control
  1. RTP/RTCP over UDP
  2. RTSP/SDP over TCP
    - Minimal RTSP (Appendix D of rfc2326) + DESCRIBE
  3. Payload Formats
    - rfc3016 for Video
    - mpeg4-simple draft for Audio (equiv. ISMA 1.0, Appendix G)
  4. ISMA-specific additions
    - 'isma-compliance' attribute in SDP
    - 'mpeg4-iod' attribute in SDP
4. Tools to Exercise
  1. Visual Simple@L1
    - data partition mode
    - rvlc's
    - video packets & HEC
    - short header mode
  2. Visual Advanced Simple@L3
    - B-frames
    - quantization matrix
    - ¼ pel motion comp
    - GMC
  3. Audio High Quality Audio@L2
    - AAC-LC Object: PNS, TNS, IS, M/S
5. Test Methods
  1. Virtual testing
  2. Live testing

Test schedule

Schedule	Work area	Action items
August 15, 2023	Bitstream file exhange	Generate bitstreams and upload them to the interop ftp site
August 15, 2023	Streaming test	Refine the test condition and schedule
August 30, 2023	Bitstream file exhange	Decode, play test and make comments for uploaded bitstreams
August 30, 2023	Streaming test	Finish the test condition/schedule and start the test
September 15, 2023	Bitstream file exhange	Make an interim report for the bitstream file exchange
September 15, 2023	Streaming test	Make a first results and exchange idea for further test
September 30, 2023	Bitstream file exhange	Refine the interim report for the bitstream file exchange
September 30, 2023	Streaming test	Make a final test and comments for the test
October 10, 2023	Bitstream file exhange	Make a final report for the next meeting
October 10, 2023	Streaming test	Make a final report for the next meeting

Participating companies
1. Ahead Software
2. Amphion Semiconductor Ltd.
3. Apple Computer
4. Avipix
5. Cirrus Logic Inc
6. comverse
7. dicas digital image coding GmbH
8. Divio
9. DivXNetworks
10. Emblaze Systems
11. Ecole nationale supérieure des télécommunications (ENST)
12. Envivio, Inc.
13. Fraunhofer IIS (FhG)
14. Hantro
15. Hutchison Mediator US Inc.
16. IBM
17. iVast
18. MediaQ
19. Motorola
20. NeoMagic Corporation
21. onTimetek Inc.
22. Pace Soft Silicon
23. PacketVideo Corp.
24. Philips
25. Pixtree Technologies
26. Real Networks
27. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
28. Sorenson Media, Inc.
29. THOMSON multimedia
30. Telecom Italia Lab S.p.A.
31. Tvia
32. WebCast Technologies
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