The Computing and Using Video Quality Metrics course teaches encoding pro to compute and use video metrics like VMAF, PSNR, and SSIM.
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The Quality Cost of Low-Latency Transcoding
While low-latency transcoding sounds desirable, low-latency transcode settings can reduce quality and may not noticeably …
Read More »NAB Session on AI in Video Streaming
Like most encoding professionals, I’ve followed AI-related streaming advancements for the last few years. I’m …
Read More »Jan Ozer Becomes Unrestricted Free Agent
Watch out Saquon! Sorry for the spring training, pre-combine sports reference, but it seems appropriate. …
Read More »Common Errors Obscured by Automated Video Quality Assessment
This article discusses five common errors that can be obscured by automated video quality assessment …
Read More »Five Codec-Related Techniques to Cut Bandwidth Costs
The mandate for streaming producers hasn’t changed since we delivered RealVideo streams targeted at 28.8 …
Read More »Single-Pass vs Two-Pass VBR: Which is Better?
Let’s start this article with a quiz regarding how the quality and encoding speed of …
Read More »Updated Lessons for Video Quality Metrics Course
We’ve updated several lessons in our Video Quality Metrics course, including some relating to the …
Read More »My FFmpeg-Related New Year’s Resolution: Document Before I Test
My typical workflow for testing-related articles and reports is to create the command string, run …
Read More »Transcoding UGC: ASICs Are the Lowest Cost Option
The predominant use for ASIC-based transcoders like NETINT’s Quadra Video Processing Unit (VPU) has been …
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