Second MSU MPEG-4 AVC/ H.264 codecs comparison RELEASED!

[DmitriyV]

SECOND ANNUAL MSU MPEG-4 AVC/ H.264 CODECS COMPARISON RELEASED!
(Formal comparison of new standard codecs)

Main features:
* 7 H.264 codecs was compared with last DivX.
* All H.264 codecs and there settings was received from codec developers directly for test.
* 2 presets, received from codec developers, was measured:
"Max PSNR" - maximum quality (slow)
"Max speed" - maximum speed
Speed and quality was measured in both presets.
* We measure PSNR, SSIM, VQM, Blurring, Blocking, Bitrate handling, time.
* Clean calculation time was more than 20 days on P4-2400.
* Measurement program was published for sure (and for free ).

Was tested:
# DivX 6.0 (NOT H.264 video codec, tested as reference MPEG-4 ASP codec)
# ArcSoft H.264
# Ateme H.264
# ATI H.264
# Elecard H.264
# Fraunhofer IIS H.264
# VSS H.264
# x264

Video sequences that were used in this comparison
# “foreman” (standard sequence)
# “susi” (standard sequence)
# “BBC” (standard sequence)
# “battle” (part from "Terminator-2" movie)
# “simpsons” (part from "The Simpsons" movie)
# “Matrix” (part from "The Matrix" movie)
# “Concert” (part from HDTV movie)

Comparison page: http://compression.ru/video/codec_comparison/mpeg-4_avc_h264_2005_en.html
PDF (3.5Mb): http://compression.ru/video/codec_comparison/pdf/msu_mpeg_4_avc_h264_codec_comparison_2005_eng.pdf
PDF in ZIP (2.6Mb): http://compression.ru/video/codec_comparison/zip/msu_mpeg_4_avc_h264_codec_comparison_2005_eng.zip

In plans:
* Measurement of H.264 codecs with formal visual tests.
* Usage of new metrics.
* Bigger number of codecs (we already has requisition for new codecs)

Enjoy!

[edDV]

Thanks for those links. Very valuable.