[Mp4-tech] CALL FOR MPEG4-AVC/H.264 CODECS

[Dmitriy Vatolin]

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