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

[Dmitriy Vatolin]

Hello!
    Please, forward this information to codecs developers!
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             CALL FOR MPEG4-AVC/H.264 CODECS
        Second Annual H.264 video codec comparison
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For people, who make real research in field of high-end video compression
Important Dates
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* September, 10 √ preliminary registration and settling of all formal issues
* September, 20 √ deadline of codec receipt with required presets
* September, 25 √ notification of codecs acceptance for tests notification
Enhancements from Previous H.264/AVC Comparison
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* Measuring will be performed with extended metrics set: PSNR, SSIM, VQM
* Two codec presets will be compared: ⌠Maximum quality■, ⌠Balanced■ (speed)
* For each preset both speed and quality will be measured
Codec Requirements
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* Codec should be H.264/AVC Main Profile codec
* Codec should allow to set arbitrary bitrate of resulted sequence
* 3 variants of codec interface are possible:
   * Console codec version (with batch processing support ≈ bitrate and file names must be assigned from command line
   * Video for Windows Codec with correct state saving (batch processing support)
   * Direct Show filter. In this case software for batch processing should be provided
* Codec should open and save *.yuv or *.avi (YUV colorspace) files
* Result video sequences should be opened with standard methods
Comparison Rules
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* All measurements will be produced by MSU Video Quality Measurement
  Tool( http://www.compression.ru/video/quality_measure/video_measurement_tool_en.html )
* Codec options for ⌠Maximum quality■ and ⌠Balanced■ presets should be provided by codec authors. If these options won▓tnot be provided, default options will be used
* Verification of comparison results is possible for codec authors before comparison publication
* Codec authors can delete all information about their codec from comparison document. In this case comparison authors can mention about this codec in public document without any received results
See Previous H.264/AVC comparison for other rules and details.
Useful Links
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* Previous H.264/AVC comparison
  http://www.compression.ru/video/codec_comparison/mpeg-4_avc_h264_en.html
* MPEG-4 SP/ASP comparison
  http://www.compression.ru/video/codec_comparison/mpeg-4_en.html
* Lossless codecs comparison
  http://www.compression.ru/video/codec_comparison/lossless_codecs_en.html
Contact info
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   Please contact us video graphics.cs.msu.ru
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Best regards,
 Dmitriy                          mailto:dmitriy graphics.cs.msu.ru