New MSU video quality metrics are released in open source

[DmitriyV]

New MSU video quality metrics are released in open source

Last news:
04 October - released several metric plugins in source code:

* MSU Brightness Independent PSNR. (with source code under LGPL)
Main idea: It's common situation during testing (we made big
amount of tests), when codec change brightness a little. This metric
is compensate such changes for ANY brightness modification (up
to negative frame).
Also speed optimizer's are welcome!

* MSU Brightness Flicking Metric. (with source code under LGPL)
Main idea: Simple flicking calculation (can be enhanced).

* MSU Drop Frame Metric. (with source code under LGPL)
Main idea: Some codecs on low bitrates drop more frames, some -
less. It's good idea to calculate not only PSNR/SSIM but also number
of dropped frames as codec characteristic for low bitrates. Also this metric is
useful for capture device/program evaluation.


Now you can create your own metrics, e.g.:
* Faster metrics (using MMX-SSE2)
* New special measures (blocking, interlacing, etc)
* New perfect formal metrics (again better than PSNR)
You are welcome!

Any comment and ideas about future metric development are welcome!

Enjoy!

[redwudz]

We always appreciate your contributions, DmitriyV. Thanks. Some nice stuff, there.

[SatStorm]

Those MSU filters are the best! I use (and promote) them all the time.
I just wish some of them to turn faster. MSU_Smart deblocking for example.
I would also love to test the "MSU SuperResolution" filter. Resizing / upscaling is something that bothers me for time to time and I wish to test all the alternatives. But this is not possible from what I read.