Zond 265 - first HEVC/H265 Video Analyser by Solveig Multimedia

[Dmitry Vergheles]

Dear friends,

Today we are proud to present a demo version of our H.265 Analyser - Zond 265.

It is the first-to-market tool for visual in-depth analysing of HEVC/H265 video bitstreams. It’s intended to help video developers and researchers to simplify codec development, easily isolate and identify visual artifacts or problems with bitstream compliance, to see encoding elements of video data.

It shows in handy way NAL information, frames types, frames sizes, time stamps, stream/display order counters, bits distribution between frame elements, coding units data, coding units coefficients, predicted partitions, transform partitions, motion vectors, quantizers, different stages of picture decoding - predicted picture, before deblock filtering, after deblock filtering, final picture.


Operating systems supported: Windows XP - Windows 7
Linux and Mac versions will be available soon.

Please visit our web page for more details and downloading of the demo.
http://www.solveigmm.com/en/products/zond/

Please feel free to ask any questions.

http://www.solveigmm.com/images/stories/Zond/gallery/vsig_images/screen01_745_376_90.jpg

[hajj_3]

nice work :) Wonder if you will beat Videoredo to add HEVC support to your video editing app. It took us years to get an app that could edit h.264 files, hope we don't have to wait so long until we get HEVC editing capability.

[Dmitry Vergheles]

nice work :) Wonder if you will beat Videoredo to add HEVC support to your video editing app. It took us years to get an app that could edit h.264 files, hope we don't have to wait so long until we get HEVC editing capability.

Let's see :) up to the moment the standard is not even released;)

[CruNcher]

Ui

The software is launched in a web browser. For a best performance please use Google Chrome.

Native Code ?

[Dmitry Vergheles]

Ui
Native Code ?

Sure.

[Dmitry Vergheles]

Zond 265 Beta of version 1.0 in now officialy published and available (www.solveigmm.com/en/products/zond)

Press release... (http://www.solveigmm.com/en/art-works-for-press/solveig-multimedia-presents-zond-265-the-first-professional-h-265-analyzer-for-software-development-worldwide/)

Features of the first version:

- Сompatible with reference software HM 6.2 r2238
- Frame navigation based on frames bars in decoding or display order
- Frames size histogram
- Color highlighting of different kind of frames (I, B, P).
- Marking of reference frames for a current picture
- Visual presentation of data from all levels of a video stream and decoding stages
- Showing all headers with a content.
- Showing Headers sizes and offsets within a stream
- Highlighting of a slice and related headers (SPS, PPS, etc.) of a current frame
- Showing pixels predicted, reconstructed, after deblocking and adaptive loop filtration
- Showing CU data: coordinates, dimension and bit-size
- Color highlighting different types of CUs (Inter, Intra)
- Showing PU data: a spatial prediction mode of intra PU luma and chroma components
- Showing inter PU’s motion vectors, reference lists, reference indexes.
- Showing TU data: dimension and offset within CU. Luma and chroma coefficients before de-quantization.
- Overlay a frame with a CU, PU or TU grid and motion vectors
- Showing bits distribution statistics to be used while encoding of CU, PU and TU data (skip_mb_flag, merge_flag, mvd, cbf_luma, etc.). Displaying results as a pie chart and table

http://www.solveigmm.com/images/stories/press-pics/Zond265/2_zond-interface.jpg

[Shah Jahan]

Zond 265 Single User €2000.00 (plus tax/VAT)

You got to be kidding?!

[hajj_3]

Seeing as though pretty much the only users will be broadcasters/codec creators i think €2000 isn't that bad. End users won't need this software.

[Dmitry Vergheles]

Zond 265 Single User €2000.00 (plus tax/VAT)

You got to be kidding?!

What price do you think is offered for suchlike tool by Texas Instruments, Interra, Thomson etc? :)

[CruNcher]

Shah Jahan
show them that they're kidding do the same and make them competition ;)

[wanezhiling]

H.265 Analyser - Zond 265
:thanks:

[Dmitry Vergheles]

Update:
Version 1.0.1205.10 - Compatible with reference software HM 6.3
http://www.solveigmm.com/en/products/zond/

[Dmitry Vergheles]

Zond 256 version 1.1 is out
www.solveigmm.com/en/products/zond/

Features and Changes:
- HRD Buffer analyzing
- Frames navigation modes: decoding (stream) order; output (display) order; by K-Frames; I-Frames; I,P frames. Layout menu->”Navigation modes” button
- Slices bounds. Layout menu->” Slices Boundaries” button
- Map of bits for largest coding units. Menu->“Compression details”->”Bits”. The darker LCU is the lesser its size and vice versa.
- Reference indexes overlay. Menu->“Compression details”->”Bits”
- Additional coding units info: predicted motion vectors, merge candidates, difference of MV and PMV. Tab “CU”: P(x,y) of L0,L1 lists; merge_idx (order number in a candidate list); D(x,y) of L0,L1 lists, correspondingly.
- Combined transform partition grid for separate components - Y, Cb,Cr. Menu->”Prediction partitions” button
- Shows an opened file, list of recently opened files, copies a file name to a clipboard, opens an input folder. Upper left part of layout
- Timeline ruler in frames added
- Information panel with tabs became resizable
- Timeline and Information panels can be hidden maximizing picture preview
- Notices a version of the reference software Zond is compatible with. Upper right part of layout
- If unfold a header to be at the bottom of a bitstream list, it’s moved upwards to show its data
- Motion vectors get depicted more clearly
- Memory usage optimization

http://www.solveigmm.com/images/stories/Zond/gallery/vsig_images/screen01_745_376_90.jpg

[Dmitry Vergheles]

Update:
Version 1.1.1208.9 - Compatible with HEVC reference software HM 8.0
http://www.solveigmm.com/en/products/zond/

If there are some questions to discuss, let's meet on IBC 2012, September, Amsterdam. Please contact me and we arrange a meeting.
http://www.solveigmm.com/en/support/

[Dmitry Vergheles]

New version of Zond 265, 1.2 gets available.

Analyzer Home Page
http://www.solveigmm.com/en/products/zond/



Features:
- Compatible with reference software HM 8.2
- Highlighting of reference frames for selected CUs. Pointer is shown below frame bars as a small colored angle. Its color specifies an offset of a reference frame from a current one in display order and it changes from green (nearest distance) to red (longest one).
- Highlighting of reference frames for a selected frame. Pointer is shown below frame bars as a small colored bar. Its color specifies an offset of a reference frame from a current one in display order and it changes from green (nearest distance) to red (longest one).
- Reference indexes overlay for CUs. Menu->“Compression details”->”Bits”
- More detailed map of bits and quantizers. Now it is shown for SCU instead of LCU (was in previous version). If the numbers don’t fit to cell, they are not depicted. To see them just zoom in a picture
- Extended frame elements statistics. Percentage of CU types (intra/inter), reference pictures, PU (intra/inter) of different sizes (4x8, 4x16, 8x4 etc.), TU(Y/U/V) of different sizes. The table can be sorted by elements name, percent or bits. Appropriate headers are clickable
- Timeline “Times” option added in format of hour:mins:sec;msec
- Ability to save a frame as IYUV file. It’s available for different picture modes – Predict, Before/After deblocking, Final. That works through clicking of right mouse button to a picture area or a picture bar and using “Save frame as YUV data” button
- Adjustable showing frame elements statistics as a bits-graphic overlaid to frame bars
- Zooming and moving picture area by mouse (wheel – zoom, left button - moving)
- Highlighting selected CU after zooming
- 64 bits version gets available. It allows analyzing of big resolution streams ( > 4K).

Changes:
- Frame statistics is shown as performance chart instead of pie chart.
- Reference indexes overlay for CUs ( instead of LCUs). Menu->“Compression details”->”Bits”
- A color for skipped blocks in PU partitions. Not it’s grey instead of yellowish (in version 1.1)
- A color scheme for CU blocks in “Reference Indexes” mode. Now skipped blocks are grey
- Renamed elements of CU; L[0][0] to L0[0]; L[1][0] to L1[0]; V to MV (Motion Vector); D to MVD (Motion Vector Difference); P to MVP(Predicted Motion Vector); I to merge_idx (order number in a candidate list)

Fixes:
- In time-consuming actions mouse pointer indicates “thinking”
- Operating in Firefox and IE (starting from 8). For best performance Google Chrome is recommended
- Delivers error message in case of if can’t allocate enough memory. For working with a big resolution streams, 64 bit version is recommended.
http://www.solveigmm.com/images/stories/press-pics/Zond265/4_zond-interface.jpg

[Dmitry Vergheles]

New version 1.3 is out
1.3.1212.4, 2012-12-04

http://www.solveigmm.com/en/products/zond/

Features:

- Compatible with reference software HM 9.1
- Picture tiles partitioning bounds. Layout menu-> "Tile Boundaries" button
- Tile index information in CU tab
- Stream statistics. Bitrate, average frame size, I/P/B frame size
- Performance optimisation while stream loading
- Extended frame statistics (frame stats tab). Compression efficiency: number of bits, bits per bin, bits per pixel, compression ratio, motion vectors per pixel

[Dmitry Vergheles]

New version 1.4 is out
1.4.1302.18, 2013-02-18

http://www.solveigmm.com/en/products/zond/

http://www.solveigmm.com/images/stories/Zond/zond.jpg

Features:
- Compatible with reference software HM 10
- Shows video parameter set(VPS) structure
- Shows supplementalenhancement information (SEI)
- Extended stream statistics - CU types, Reference pictures, Intra/Inter PU sizes, TU (Y / Cb / Cr) sizes
- Sorting frame / stream statistics elements (residuals, mvd, etc.) by default order or by percentage
- Shows a progress while file loading / parsing

Changes:
- A zoom mode changed. A filter was applied that altered visual pixels in a picture zoomed in. Cancelled.
- Zond is now automatically launched in Google Chrome (if installed) despite of what browser is default one.
- New values in fields of HRD Buffer (bitrate, framerate. etc. ) are updated by Enter keyboard button (as
well as by “Rebuild”)
- “Recent Files” drop-down list is not any more closed if a mouse pointer goes up

Fixes:
- Sometimes if to close Zond browser tab, the process was not killed and remained running

Let's meet on NAB Show
Zond is gonna be presented on NAB Show in April in Las Vegas. Everybody is welcome to visit us at our booth C12830 and meet us in person.

[Dmitry Vergheles]

Now online version of ZOND 265 is available for testing:
http://zond265-demo.solveigmm.com:8090

[Dmitry Vergheles]

Dear members,

Our company is exhibiting at the upcoming IBC 2013 show in Amsterdam, September, 13th to 17th, our booth at Hall 5, Stand 5.C14 and it brings a good opportunity for us to meet and discuss potential partnership.

We will gladly demonstrate the latest achievement in the field of comprehensive debug analysis in easy-to-use visuals for HEVC/H.265 format - Zond 265 that enhanced with the video quality metrics that help to measure video degradation against the original video. The newly developed hex viewer feature allows reviewing bitstreams of the file presented in hexadecimal and binary forms with searching, positioning and highlighting slices and related headers assigned to a frame.

We will traditionally showcase the smart editing solutions for the professionals and end-users. Video Editing SDK allows the developer to create applications for advanced frame-accurate editing of digital video/audio data in various formats. Video Splitter developed on the basis of Video Editing SDK - a powerful editing consumer application - is an illustrative example of the most attractive features implementation.

If you or your colleagues are planning to attend the Show, let us set the date and time for a meeting.

http://www.solveigmm.com/en/press/solveig-multimedia-at-ibc-2013/

[Dmitry Vergheles]

New version 1.5 is out

http://www.solveigmm.com/en/products/zond/

1.5.1312.05, 2013-12-05

Features:
Hex viewer displays file contents in binary and hexadecimal formats with the abilities to search and navigate.
Hex pannel is fully movable, resizable and hidable.
Hex viewer is synchronized with a bitstream tab and highlights header blocks and bitstream header bits. It has been significantly optimized compared to betas and demos.
Added the support for reading HEVC streams from MPEG transport streams in a beta vesion.
Compatible with the reference software HM 12.1.

Fixes:
Opening file procedure was optimized. Now it works faster for large files.
Optimized action responses for large files: mouse clicks, data showing.
1 frames stream could not be opened.
Open file dialog has now OnTop property as it happened that is didn't arise.
Calling a nonexistent file from a history didn't deliver an error.
Hanging on some large files.
Crashes on some files.
Display order was shown incorrectly if slice_pic_order_cnt_lsb had some skips.

Changes:
Stream statistics parsing moved to a separate procedure. It is managed in Stream Stats tab. Can be paused and resumed.

In the nearest feature the online verison gets free upload feature. So you can analyse your H.265 files online
http://zond265-demo.solveigmm.com:8090

Mac version is also available by request.

ZOND 264 is also coming :)

[benwaggoner]

I just moved this thread to the new HEVC section.

Has anyone tried this analysis tool? Impressions?

[Dmitry Vergheles]

Hi Ben, thank you.

One more announcement. We've added ability to upload HEVC file (up to 2 MB to the moment) to online demo and analize it without restrictions for free.
Enjoy! http://zond265-demo.solveigmm.com:8090/


http://www.solveigmm.com/images/stories/Zond/gallery/screen02.jpg

[Dmitry Vergheles]

ZOND 265 new version 1.8 is released. It gets around 60% faster and brings a number of handy features. It’s a Linux version, quality estimation with most popular PSNR and MSSIM metrics; command line interface workflow; HEVC specification quotes and references for most of syntax elements; enhanced floating license server;

http://www.solveigmm.com/en/products/zond/

1.5.1312.05, 2013-12-05

Features:

Quality estimation comparing original YUV file with preloaded HEVC file by PSNR and MSSIM metrics
Quality graph to show separate PSNR /MSSIM values for separate Y, U,V channels Visual map of PSNR for a frame coded tree blocks (CTB)
HEVC specification quotes for most of syntax elements. Just put a mouse pointer to any element name and get an information scope or open a specification at the necessary place (the specification should be downloaded and placed to a necessary folder)
Linux 32 and 64 bits versions of Zond 265 are available. The distributive operates on Ubuntu version 12.04 and above
Command line interface for quality estimation
Showing a residual picture type
Playback ability enabled
Copying a bitstream slice in detail to a clipboard
Compatible with HM13 and previous HMs starting from HM 10.01
Floating license server shows names of PCs / IP addresses of a current users

Fixes:
Optimized HEVC files opening and processing. It works 50-60 % faster than previous version
Improved Zond operating stability. Fixed many crashes and hangs
Improved last frame navigation in case it is not complete
Fixed. TU partition was sometimes shown overlapped
Fixed. Wrong handling of frames with negative POC after IDR

http://www.solveigmm.com/images/stories/Zond/zond_1_8.jpg

[Dmitry Vergheles]

Zond 265, HEVC Analyzer (http://www.solveigmm.com/en/products/zond/) version 1.9 is out
The new edition of the software was primarily unveiled during the IBC 2014 exhibition in Amsterdam on September 12 – 16.

Features and improvements:

- Optimized processing of 4K files. The new Zond 265 reveals fivefold speed-up in handling UltraHD 4K files (as tested on PC Intel Core i7-2600 3.4GHz, 16GB RAM, Windows 7 x64)
- H.264/AVC video elementary streams are now supported in beta mode.

- Compatibility with the reference software HM 14
- CLI reports can now have CU data for entire frame as well as frame and stream statistics
- Different stages of picture decoding in command line mode (final, after deblock, before deblock, residual, predicted) can now be saved as YUV files
- Resizable layout. The minimal width limitation has been discarded.

Check out the entire history of changes on Solveig’s website.
http://www.solveigmm.com/en/products/zond/

Press release:
http://www.solveigmm.com/en/press/solveig-delivers-an-update-to-its-pioneer-hevc-video-analyzer/

[Dmitry Vergheles]

Zond 265, ver. 2, with a bunch of new features is released and available for evaluation at http://www.solveigmm.com/en/products/zond/

The highlights:

- Detection of HEVC stream errors. Available in “Error” tab and as CLI report
- H.264/AVC support in release mode
- Mac OS X version of Zond for HEVC streams

Additional features include:

- Support of MPEG-2 Transport Stream for HEVC/H.265 and AVC/H.264 streams
- Compatible with the reference software HM 16.2
- Support of 4:4:4, 4:2:2, 4:0:0 chroma format for HEVC
- Support of 10 bits video compression for HEVC
- Optimized CLI report generation process for multiple simultaneous reports per run

Newest edition of the software will be unveiled during the shows as follows:

- NAB Show 2015 in Las Vegas, April 13-16, Booth: SU7102 of DekTeс

- CCBN 2015 in Beijing, March, Booth of DTVCore

- KobaShow in Seul, May 19 -22, Booth of Huton Digital

[Dmitry Vergheles]

Ver 4.1. Zond 265 incorporates Netflix VMAF metric for Quality Estimation
http://www.solveigmm.com/en/products/zond/


Zond 4.1 now supports the Netflix's Video Multi-method Assessment Fusion (VMAF) metric for quality estimation. The software leverages VMAF to compare an original YUV file with a preloaded video file. Correlating with human perception, this metric enables more precise video assessment after compression. Since relying on manual visual testing at all times proves unrealistic, VMAF attempts to address the issue by utilizing samples from Netflix content to help design and validate the algorithms.

http://www.solveigmm.com/images/stories/Zond/ZOND_VMAF.png

The latest Zond edition comes on the heels of a major update – version 4 – that greatly expanded the product’s compatibility matrix. The novelties of Zond 265 v4 encompassed

AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) codec support in WebM format
MPEG-2 codec support as video elementary stream
HEVC Screen Content Coding Extension (SCC) support, and more



Netflix VMAF. How to measure video quality with VMAF in Zond (http://www.solveigmm.com/en/howto/netflix-vmaf-how-to-measure-video-quality-with-vmaf-in-zond-265/)

Video how to use VMAF in Zond 265
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opxehgDZ6nQ

[hajj_3]

any eta on h265 support in solveigmm splitter?

[Dmitry Vergheles]

any eta on h265 support in solveigmm splitter?

Hi there,
yeah, it's quite old one to support HEVC in MP4 in TS
http://www.solveigmm.com/files/SolveigMM_Video_Splitter_Business_Edition_x64_6_1_1706_1_HEVC_Beta.exe

Actually the release should come within this month.

[Dmitry Vergheles]

Great news for video enthusiasts. SolveigMM professional video debugging tool ZOND 265 with HEVC,AVC,AV1 on board gets a free plan!

If you know or want to learn what is HEVC, AV1, AVC, bitrate, macroblocks, motion vectors thats the tool

https://www.solveigmm.com/en/products/zond/

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