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Deciding whether to encode on-premise or in the cloud is one of the most critical …
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Encode on-Premise or in the Cloud
Deciding whether to encode on-premise or in the cloud is one of the most critical decisions facing a…
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Installing and Using FFMetrics to Compute and Visualize VMAF, SSIM, and MS SSIM Metrics
This tutorial teaches you how to install and use FFMetrics, a free tool that lets you compute and vi…
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Don’t Sacrifice Usability On the Altar of Design
I took two pictures of clocks in my kitchen this morning, on the left is the microwave, on the right…
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Testing EVC, VVC, and LCEVC
This article compares VVC, EVC, and LCEVC with H.264, HEVC, and AV1. Its’ useful if you’…
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Moscow State’s Dr. Dmitriy Vatolin Talks Codecs, Metrics, and Video Quality
Dr. Dmitriy Vatolin is the Head of the Moscow State University Graphics and Media Lab and one of my …
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Encode on-Premise or in the Cloud
Deciding whether to encode on-premise or in the cloud is one of the most critical …
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Installing and Using FFMetrics to Compute and Visualize VMAF, SSIM, and MS SSIM Metrics
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Don’t Sacrifice Usability On the Altar of Design
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Testing EVC, VVC, and LCEVC
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Moscow State’s Dr. Dmitriy Vatolin Talks Codecs, Metrics, and Video Quality
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I frequently use the VMAF quality metric to analyze encoding parameters and compare codecs. In my experience, VMAF scores tend to match my own subjective quality observations and the fact that Netflix uses it gives the metric great credibility. Originally, there was only one VMAF version, but Netflix has added both a 4K model and a phone model, increasing the …
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