[Mp4-tech] Third annual MPEG4-AVC/H.264 codecs comparison

[Dmitriy Vatolin]

Dear Experts,
  "Third annual MPEG4-AVC/H.264 codecs comparison" is started now.
  Many companies answered on invitation and there will be again more
  codecs in comparison than during previous year comparison.
  We did not sent repetitive reminders and if you did not received
  e-mail with "Call for codecs" by any reason and want to participate in
  some form (we allow not only full participation) please immediately
  notify us to videocodec-testing graphics.cs.msu.ru Public comparison
  have no any fee - absolutely free (not free is non-public codecs deep
  analysis).
  See "Call for codecs" details and previous comparison URL below.
  Please let me know if any questions.
Yours,
 Dr. Vatolin
This is a forwarded message
From: Dmitriy Vatolin <dmitriy graphics.cs.msu.ru>
To: mp4-tech lists.mpegif.org
Date: Thursday, June 22, 2006, 2:28:36 AM
Subject: [Mp4-tech] CALL FOR MPEG4-AVC/H.264 CODECS
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Dear Experts,
    Please, forward this information to H.264 codecs developers!
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                   CALL FOR MPEG4-AVC/H.264 CODECS
             Third Annual H.264 video codec comparison
For people, who make real research in field of high-end video compression
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Scope of test
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* Encoding and decoding time
* Objective measurements (PSNR, SSIM, VQM, Average Advantage and etc)
* Analysis of averaged objective results
* Leaders in different areas
* Cross-compatibility test
Important Dates
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* August, 1  - deadline for receipt of a H.264 codec with required presets
* August, 15 - deadline for settling technical problems with codec's functioning
The Facts about the Previous H.264 Video Codecs Comparison
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* There were more than 50.000 downloads of previous H.264 video codec comparison results
* Many codec's bugs were found and reported to developers
* Following codecs was granted for second annual comparison by
  developers last year (in alphabetic order):
    - ArcSoft H.264
    - Ateme H.264
    - ATI H.264
    - Elecard H.264
    - Fraunhofer IIS H.264
    - VSS H.264
    - x264
* Intel H.264 will going to take part in comparison this year
Enhancements from Previous H.264/AVC Comparison
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* Better sequences set (several subsets with independent encoding presets
  and results calculation)
* Decompression will be performed by JM reference software
* Comparison of original decoders and JM reference decoder (postfilters
  testing) will be added
* Cross-compatibility test will be added
* Decoders time measurement will be added
* 2-pass encoding will be added and tested
Developers Deliverables
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Following deliverables should be provided by each developer:
* Codec files (CLI executable file is preferable)
* Short description of codec parameters
* Codec's presets with pointing of used H.264/AVC profile
Useful Links
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* Second Annual MSU MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Video Codec Comparison
  http://www.compression.ru/video/codec_comparison/mpeg-4_avc_h264_2005_en.html
* MPEG-2 Video Decoders "Crash-Test" Comparison
  http://www.compression.ru/video/codec_comparison/mpeg-2_2006_en.html
* MSU MPEG-4 SP/ASP Codecs Comparison
  http://www.compression.ru/video/codec_comparison/mpeg-4_en.html
* MSU Lossless Video Codecs Comparison
  http://www.compression.ru/video/codec_comparison/lossless_codecs_en.html
See full text of CALL FOR MPEG4-AVC/H.264 CODECS on
http://www.compression.ru/video/codec_comparison/call_for_codecs_06.html
Please let us know if any questions!
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Best regards,
 Dmitriy Vatolin  
  Ph.D, Head of Video Group                        
   mailto:dmitriy graphics.cs.msu.ru
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Best regards,
 Dmitriy                            mailto:dmitriy graphics.cs.msu.ru