Dear video codec developers,
Moscow State University Graphics & Multimedia Laboratory starts next ninth annual H.264 video codecs comparison.
New this year features:- New Software and methodology will be used for codec analysis.
- Overall result for all encoders will be integrated value of quality, encoding speed and bitrate keeping.
- Transcoder analysis (MPEG-2 -> H.264) as additional part (in case of 2-3 transcoders presence)
- New video sequences including professional video sequences for video codec analysis
- GPU codecs will be analyzed: Nvidia, AMD, and Haswell based encoders.
- New video codecs including non H.264 standard
- Only HD sequences
- All participants will receive Software for codec analysis, video sequences and binaries of all free encoders used in comparison to verify the results for free.
Important Dates
June, 8 - Deadline for receipt of a H.264 codec with presets
June, 21 - Deadline for settling technical problems with codec
July, 17 - Report's draft will be sent to all participants
July, 22 - Deadline for reception of comments to the draft
July, 31 - Comparison report release
The full text of Call for Codecs is available at
http://compression.ru/video/codec_co...codecs_13.html
Variants of Participation
There are two variants for companies to participate in our comparison:[list type=decimal]
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Participation for free. All results of your codec will be published, except special cases of measurements problems due to codec instability.[/li]
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Private participation. A special report will be prepared only for your company. This report contains:
- Your codec results and all material from the free version
- Special additional analysis of your codec
[/li][/list]If you are interested in the private participation, please contact us for details.
Useful Links
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Best regards,
Dr. Dmitriy Kulikov,
Moscow State University (MSU)
Graphics&Media Lab
Videocodec Testing Team
videocodec-testing@graphics.cs.msu.ru