[Mp4-tech] MSU MPEG-4 AVC/ H.264 codec comparison - 2005

[Dmitriy Vatolin]

Hello!
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SECOND ANNUAL MSU MPEG-4 AVC/ H.264 CODECS COMPARISON RELEASED!
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Main features:
* 7 H.264 codecs was compared with last DivX.
* All H.264 codecs and there settings was received from codec developers directly for test.
* 2 presets, received from codec developers, was measured:
  "Max PSNR" - maximum quality (slow)
  "Max speed" - maximum speed
   Speed and quality was measured in both presets.
* We measure PSNR, SSIM, VQM, Blurring, Blocking, Bitrate handling, time.
* Clean calculation time was more than 20 days on P4-2400.
* Measurement program was published for sure (and verification).
  http://compression.ru/video/quality_measure/video_measurement_tool_en.html
Was tested:
* DivX 6.0 (_NOT_ H.264 video codec, tested as reference MPEG-4 ASP codec)
* ArcSoft H.264
* Ateme H.264
* ATI H.264
* Elecard H.264
* Fraunhofer IIS H.264
* VSS H.264
* x264
Comparison page:
http://compression.ru/video/codec_comparison/mpeg-4_avc_h264_2005_en.html
In plans:
* Measurement of H.264 codecs with formal visual tests.
  (http://www.compression.ru/video/quality_measure/perceptual_video_quality_tool_en.html )
* New metrics usage.
* Bigger number of codecs (we already has requisition for new codecs)
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Best regards,
 Dmitriy Vatolin  
  Ph.D, Head of Video Group                        
   mailto:dmitriy graphics.cs.msu.ru