Private Codec Comparison

MSU Graphics & Media Lab (Video Group)

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Private codec comparison is one of the most popular analysis type that we perform. It is comparative analysis of your encoder and other encoders &ndash you will know place of your encoder between other newest well-known encoders (compare encoding quality, speed, bitrate handling, etc.).

Comparison Customization

Due to fact that comparision is done on different codecs, presets and video sequences all the parameters could be customized.

Parameter Customization
Encoding presets We can analyze 1 &ndash 20 of your encoder presets. There are two possible ways of presets selection:
  • You can send us presets
  • We can select presets by ourselves using special preset selction subsystem to use best (in terms speed/quality trade-off) presets
Competitive codecs We could compare your codec almost with any codec. There are three possible ways of codec-competitors addition:
  • We can add non-commercial encoders, such as x264, xvid, Theora, WebM(VP8)
  • We can add codec that you send us (if you have purchased it)
  • We can purchase codec for you and include it in comparison
Test set of video sequences We have representative test set of video sequences, but we can use your sequences.

Comparison Editions

There are different editions of the comparison differing to each other of report volume, analysis depth, number of presets, ecnoders and sequences and scope of work. Three typical editions are:

  • Light version &ndash the cheapest version without report and deep analysis
  • Basic version &ndash version with report and analysis with low number of competitors and presets.
  • Professional version &ndash version with report and deep analysis with many competitors and presets.

 Light Basic Professional
Number of your codec presets 3 5 8
Number of competiors x264 with presets from last public comparison only 3 codecs: x264, WebM (VP8), XviD with presets from last public comparison or 3 your competitors 5 codecs: x264, WebM (VP8), XviD or your competitors
Test sequences 4 test sequences from last H.264 comparison 8 test sequences from last H.264 comparison 8 test sequences from last H.264 comparison or your test sequences
Deliverables:
  • RD curves, Speed/Quality and bitrate handling charts (PNG, html viewer)
  • Raw metric results
  • Report, similar to last public H.264 comparison full report (pdf, doc)
  • Raw metric results (textual form)
  • Test sequences (Raw YUV sequences)
  • Report, similar to last public H.264 comparison full report (pdf, doc)
  • Raw metric results (textual form)
  • Test sequences (Raw YUV sequences)
  • All encoded streams (including competitors)
Intermediate variants are also available!

Another option is presets alignment by speed. It is always reasonable to compare prests with similar speed (or similar quality). We can select presets of competitors using our framework to align their speed with your presets' speed. Such alignment makes encoding quality comparison more fruitful.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or want to perform codec analysis as described here or any other please feel free to contact us:

See all MSU Video Codecs Comparisons

MSU video codecs comparisons resources:

Other Materials

Video resources:

3D and stereo video
Projects on 3D and stereo video processing and analysis
MSU Video Quality Measurement tools
Programs with different objective and subjective video quality metrics implementation 		Codecs comparisons
Objective and subjective quality evaluation
tests for video and image codecs
Ext. link: x264 parameters efficiency comparison
Public MSU video filters
Here are available VirtualDub and AviSynth filters. For a given type of digital video filtration we typically develop a family of different algorithms and implementations. Generally there are also versions optimized for PC and hardware implementations (ASIC/FPGA/DSP). These optimized versions can be licensed to companies. Please contact us for details via video(at)graphics.cs.msu_ru. 		Filters for companies
We are working with Intel, Samsung, RealNetworks and other companies on adapting our filters other video processing algorithms for specific video streams, applications and hardware like TV-sets, graphics cards, etc. Some of such projects are non-exclusive. Also we have internal researches. Please let us know via video(at)graphics.cs.msu_ru if you are interested in acquiring a license for such filters or making a custom R&D project on video processing, compression, computer vision.
Video codecs projects
Different research and development
projects on video codecs 		Other
Other information
Last updated: 12-May-2022

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