Database 1
Database 1
http://kondor.etf.bg.ac.yu/~emilovan/BookMMCA.htm
On-line courses
A recent edition of the ASEE e-news included an article on free on-line courses and how it is
gaining momentum. This article appears below. It mentions MIT's efforts in this since 2001. If
interested, MIT's web site for this is http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm
http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena/course/6/6.344/www/Video/teaching_MIT6344.html
http://spiedigitallibrary.aip.org
H.R. Sheikh, Z. Wang, L. Cormack, A.C. Bovik, LIVE image quality assessment database, Release 2
(realigned subjective quality data), 2006, [Online]. Available: http://live.ece.utexas.edu/research/quality/ .
The full sets (> 200 GB) are available from FastVDO on an HDD.
http://www.fastvdo.com/HDData.html
2. Short clips of the Viper set at available at the Univ-Hannover ftp site, which requires an MPEG
password.
JPEG
http://www.jpeg.org (JPEG resources)
http://www.jpeg.org/public/jfif.pdf (JPEG file interchange format)
JPEG IJG [email protected] (independent JPEG group) ftp.uu.net:/graphics/jpeg
http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/graphics/jpegsr6.zip
For still picture coding as used in TIFF, GIF and PNG files which are
transferred across the WWW.
http://www.cbloom.com/src/index_im.html#A1.2
http://datacompression.info/
JPEGTool http://www.dms.auburn.edu/compression/download.html
ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg (JPEG software release 6 from IJG –
email contact: [email protected])
Links for lossless jpeg source code.
ftp://ftp.deva.net/pub/sources/graphics/libs/JPEGv1.2.1.tar.Z
ftp://ftp.cs.cornell.edu/pub/multimed/ljpg.tar.Z
http://www.oceana.com/ftp/ljpeg
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/jpeg-faq/part2/section-15.html
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/graphics/jpeg6b.z
JPEG software from Independent JPEG Group ftp://ftp/uu.net
JPEG LS/LOCO
http://www.ece.ubc.ca/spmg/research/jpeg/jpeg_ls/jpegls.html
JPEG-LS ( LOCO-I)
http://www.hpl.hp.com/loco/HPL-98-193R1.pdf
JPEG 2000
The new JasPer (JPEG-2000) release is available from the JasPer
Project Home Page (i.e., http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper) and
the JPEG web site (i.e., http://www.jpeg.org/software) new version
1.900.0, 8 Dec. 2006. JasPer is the software in C for JPEG2000.
Also http://jj2000.epfl.com
http://www.kakadusoftware.com (kakadu software by David Taubman)
To facilitate the test system, SBD utilizes RGB Spectrum's advanced DGy ultra high
resolution recording systems. The DGy™ recorders were selected based upon their
superior ability to record and reproduce the most intricate details using advanced
JPEG2000 compression. Previously, SBD used scan converters and conventional
VCRs which rendered “soft” imagery with difficult to discern text and graphics. The
DGy recorders preserve the system's complex symbologies and provide sharp
graphics and alpha-numerics for after-action-review.
Rockwell Collins, the prime contractor for the U.K. Army's Aviation Command and
Tactics Trainer (ACTT), was contracted to execute the sixth phase upgrade of this
simulator. The upgrade was designed to provide advanced command and tactical
training capability for the Army's helicopter pilots for operation in high threat
environments.
The upgrade required a system to record the intricate symbology used in the
simulated Integrated Helmet and Display Sight System (IHADSS) unit. Rockwell
Collins selected RGB Spectrum's DGy™ digital recording system to meet this
demanding requirement. The DGy system was chosen for its superior ability to
reproduce intricate detail, achieved through advanced wavelet-based JPEG2000 near
lossless compression.
Pl access the web site below about ELYSIUM activity in JPEG/JPEG2000/JPEG XR and AIC
www.elysium.ltd.uk ( Richard Clark JPEG webmaster [email protected])
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/xps/wmphotoeula.mspx
The Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) is a working group of ISO/IEC, the International Organization for Standardization /
International Electrotechnical Commission, (ISO/IEC JTC1/ SC29/WG1) and of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T SG16),
responsible for the popular JPEG, JBIG, JPEG-LS, and JPEG 2000 family of imaging standards. The WG1 group meets three times a year,
in North America, Europe and Asia. The latest meeting was held on November 12-16, 2007, in Kobe, Japan, hosted by the Japanese
National Body and was attended by over 60 delegates from 13 national bodies.
JPEG XR
JPEG XR is a proposed new part (Part 2) of the recently established new work item in JPEG, known as JPEG Digital Imaging System
Integration (ISO/IEC 29199 - JPEG DI). JPEG DI aims to provide harmonization and integration between a wide range of existing and new
image coding schemes, in order to enable the design and delivery of the widest range of imaging applications, across many platforms and
technologies. JPEG DI aims to leverage the rich array of tools developed in and around JPEG and JPEG 2000 to support new image
compression methods such as JPEG XR. JPEG XR is designed explicitly for the next generation of digital cameras, based extensively on
the technology introduced by Microsoft in its Windows Media Format proposals, at present known as HD Photo. At the Kobe meeting, The
JPEG XR specification (Working Draft) was reviewed and will be balloted for promotion to Committee Draft (CD) status before the 44th
WG1 San Francisco meeting, March 31 to April 4, 2008. In addition to JPEG XR itself, the creation of two other new parts of the standard
on compliance testing and reference software was approved at the meeting. Now adopted as a standard (Nov. 2009)
Digital Cinema
The Digital Cinema (DC) Ad Hoc Group within the JPEG Committee has been successful in seeing their work adopted by the industry. The
Digital Cinema Initiatives (www.dcimovies.com) organization has adopted JPEG 2000 for the distribution of digital movies to theatres. The
successful rollout of this solution continues unabated with over 5000 theatres supporting digital cinema, including 1000 stereoscopic
theatres. The first live-action stereoscopic feature encoded with JPEG 2000, Beowulf, is being released on November 16, 2007. The Digital
Cinema Ad Hoc Group has initiated work on studio broadcast applications. In addition, the group has begun work on the archival of motion
At the Kobe meeting, the JPEG Committee confirmed the endorsement of Intellectual Resource Initiative (IRI) as JTC 1 Registration
Authority (RA) for use in JPSEC. IRI is a Non Profit Organization, based in Japan, established to create policy proposals on the importance
JPEG 2000 Part 9 known as JPIP, allows powerful and efficient network access to JPEG 2000 images and their metadata in a way that
exploits the best features of the JPEG 2000 standard. Interoperability testing among several JPIP implementations continued. Participation
from additional organizations is solicited, and testing will continue over the Internet between meetings. For more information please contact
JPEG 2000 Part 10 Ad Hoc Group has been working on the extension of JPEG 2000 to three-dimensional images such as Computer
Tomography (CT) scans and scientific simulations. JP3D is currently in balloting phase for International Standard (IS) status. Due to an
increased interested for compression technologies for floating-point data, the JPEG Committee has issued a call for information on
applications and compression technology for floating-point data. Responses will be reviewed at the 44th WG1 San Francisco Meeting,
JPEG 2000 Part 11 Wireless, also known as JPWL, has become an International Standard (ISO/IEC 15444-11). JPWL has standardized
tools and methods to achieve the efficient transmission of JPEG 2000 imagery over an error-prone wireless system.
JPEG 2000 Part 13 standardizes an entry level JPEG 2000 encoder with widespread applications, intended to be implemented on a license
JPSearch
ISO/IEC 24800, Still Image Search, known as JPSearch, is a project that aims to develop a standard framework for searching large
Part 1 - Framework and System Components, is a Technical Report that introduces the JPSearch architecture and outlines the
Part 2 - Schema and Ontology Registration and Identification, standardizes a format for the import, export and exchange of ontology.
Part 3 - JPSearch Query Format, which is developed jointly with MPEG, allows for the expression of search criteria, the aggregation of
Part 4 - Metadata Embedded in Image Data (JPEG and JPEG 2000) file format, standardizes image data exchange format with
associated metadata.
Part 5 - Data Interchange Format between Image Repositories, standardizes a format for the exchange of image collections and
At the meeting, requirements for each part have been reviewed and updated, and Working Drafts for Part 2 and Part 4 and Committee Draft
of Part 3 have been produced.
In the Advanced Image Coding (AIC) Ad Hoc Group, presentations were made regarding evaluation metrics and scalable distributed video
coding. A call for contributions was issued on development of comprehensive guidelines for image quality evaluations.
Contributions
"Proposal for archival formats for cinematic content," Joerg Mohr, Fraunhofer IIS, Germany.
"Lossy and lossless floating point compression with JPEG 2000," Dominic Springer, Fraunhofer IIS, Germany.
"Scalable distributed video coding as a new scheme for advanced image coding," Mourad Ouaret, Frederic Dufaux, Touradj
"ED-Cine - Digital Cinema Distribution and Virtual Interleaving for JPWL," Fabrizio Frescura, G. Baruffa, University of Perugia /
Digilab2000, Italy.
"Inter-View Coding for Stereoscopic Digital Applications," Guillaume Boisson, Thomson R&D, France
"We are excited that under the JPEG brand our work brings new innovations to the digital camera market place," said Dr. Daniel Lee of
eBay Inc., Convener of the JPEG Committee. "The JPEG XR standard in combination with the suite of technologies developed for JPEG
2000 offer new opportunities for innovation and enhanced consumer experiences."
The JPEG web site ( http://www.jpeg.org ) has sponsorship opportunities for all companies involved in developments around JPEG. The
marketing departments of interested companies should contact the JPEG webmaster, Richard Clark ( [email protected] ), for this high-
traffic site.
The next, 44th WG1 Meeting will be held in San Francisco, California, USA, hosted by the US National Body, March 31 - April 4, 2008.
More information is available at www.jpeg.org, or by contacting Lou Sharpe, JPEG PR Chair at [email protected].
http://www.m4if.org
MPEG-2
MPEG <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG>
” http://vsr.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de/~jan/MPEG/HTML/mpeg_tech.html
http://www.leitch.com/resources/tutorials/mpeg-2VideoCompression.pdf
http://mpeg.nist.gov/welcome.php
. There is also a version of MPEG-2 software available from Berkeley Multimedia Research Center at
ftp://mm-ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/multimedia/mpeg2/.
http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/video/mssg-free-mpeg-software.html
http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/downloads.html
http://www.vtk.org/get-software.php
ftp://ftp.hhi.de/ieee-tcsvt/
http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/ssm/index.html
Some MPEG21 documents are available at
http://www.chiariglione.org/mpeg/working_documents.htm
DCTune
http://vision.arc.nasa.gov/dctune
Berkeley multimedia research center (excellent web site)
http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/frame/research/mpeg/
There is a reference software available for MPEG-2 (ISO 13818) (includes, audio, video and systems)
from ISO’s website.
http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/s025038_ISO_IEC_TR_13818-
5_1997(E)_Software_Simulation.zip
There is also a version of MPEG-2 software available from Berkeley Multimedia Research Center at
ftp://mm-ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/multimedia/mpeg2/. But I think this covers only MPEG-2 video.
mpeg2vidcodec_v12.
tar.gz
http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/video/mssg-free-mpeg-software.html
Also, if SD576, 4:2:0 works then you can download them from
http://media.xiph.org/ldv/pub/test_sequences/601/
VISUALmpeg Link (MPEG-1 and MPEG-2):
http://www.mpeg-analyzer.com/demo/VISUALmpeg_demo.zip
Username: sequence
Password: header
Adobe flash player9 (flash graphics video and audio)
http://www.kaourantin.net
http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-H.264-201003-I
Here are some good links to get an understanding of what MPEG-4, H.264 and AAC are:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s&amp;threadid=62723
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=96059
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H264
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding
http://daringfireball.net/2007/04/some_facts_about_aac
White paper MPEG-4 Part 10 advanced video coding AVC – (H>264) Scientific Atlanta.
http://www.scientificatlanta.com/products/customers/white-papers/7007887B.pdf
http://www.VCODEX.COM/h264.html
http://ip.hhi.de/imagecom_G1/assets/pdfs/
(https://ipbt.hhi.de/mantis/main_page.php).
http://wftp3.itu.int/av-arch/jvt-site/
Elecard is a leading provider of software and hardware solutions implemented on MPEG-2 and AVC/H.264
video compression technology.
Based on more than 20-year research of multimedia and network technologies, Elecard now offers advanced
and cost-effective IPTV and DVB broadcasting servers and STBs. The IPTV product line comprises
AVC/H.264 encoders, VoD and TimeShift servers, DVB-IP video gateways, DVB-C, DVB-T and IP set-top-
boxes.
http://www.eurasip.org/Proceedings/Ext/PCS2007/defevent/papers/cr1199.pd
f
http://www.dustsigns.de/cgi-bin/dwnldcnt.cgi?file=Files/FH/H264SVCQ.pdf
http://iphome.hhi.de/suehring/tml/JVT-Q042.zip JM manual.
software manual (H.264) that is available at:
http://iphome.hhi.de/suehring/tml/JM%20Reference%20Software%20Manual%20(JVT-
X072).pdf
3D VIDEO SEQUENCES
MPEG has also issued a draft call for proposals on 3D video coding and a number of new multiview
sequences have been made available for that project:
http://mpeg.chiariglione.org/working_documents/explorations/3dav/3dv-cfp.zip
HTML5 video in internet explorer 9: H.264 and H.264 alone 1 May, 2010
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/04/html5-video-in-internet-explorer-9-h264-and-h264-
alone.ars
latest H.264 reference software
http://iphome.hhi.de/suehring/tml/
( It is available at http://ivms.stanford.edu/~esetton/H264_1.htm ).
As for the technique description, you may refer to the paper "The
SP- and SI-Frames Design for H.264/AVC," and you could find more
references there
For MPEG-4 part 2, there are two sets of reference software that
have been standardized. They can be found at
http://megaera.ee.nctu.edu.tw/mpeg/ (a site which is often not
working, and does not seem to be working today) or
http://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink/fetch/2000/2489/Ittf_Home/Pub
liclyAvailableStandards.htm (look for 14496-5).
I don’t think the MPEG-4 standard is available free of charge. It can be purchased from ISO at
http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/StandardsQueryFormHandler.StandardsQueryFormHandler?
languageCode=en&keyword=&lastSearch=false&isoNumber=14496&isoPartNumber=&ICS=&stage
Code=&stageDate=&committee=ALL&subcommittee=&scope=CATALOGUE&sortOrder=ISO.
The MPEG-4 reference software can be downloaded (free) from ISO’s website
http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/14496-5_Compressed_directories/.
The latest AVC (H.264) standard and software are available from the ftp site
ftp://standards.polycom.com/ ((The official ftp site is moving from the previous ftp site
ftp://ftp.imtc-files.org/jvt-experts/ to Polycom.). The draft is located in the “2004_07_Redmond”
subdirectory as JVTL047dX where ‘X’ is a revision level indicator.
MPEG-4 reference software from the MPEG Industry Forum. The website is
http://www.m4if.org/resources.php#section16
H.264/AVC http://bs.hhi.de/~suehring/tml/download/jm61e.zip
JVT KTA reference software (KTA: key technical areas)
http://iphome.hhi.de/suehring/tml/download/KTA/
MPEG-4 http://bs.hhi.de/~wiegand/ICG-Project-RDO.html
http://www.ubvideo.com
H.264/AVC Software Package, Ver JM 17.2 “http://bs.hhi.de/~suehring/tml/download/
http://iphome.hhi.de/suehring/tml/download/jm93.zip
JM software (e.g., version 13.2) and reading the software users' manual JVT-X072
(http://ftp3.itu.ch/av-arch/jvt-site/2007_06_Geneva/).
Verification test to measure performance of SVC amendment of ITU-T Rec. H.264 (also ISO/IEC
MPEG-4 Part 10)
http://ip.hhi.de/imagecom_G1/savce/MPEG-Verification-Test/MPEG-Verification-Test.htm
Where would I find the specification of the MP4 file format for H.264?
The following url gives the alpha channel for a number of conformance test sequences. I used it
long time ago for MPEG4 coding with shape info
ftp://ftp.tnt.uni-hannover.de/pub/MPEG/mpeg4_masks/
One can get a copy of the official standard from the ITU-T
publication site so that the ITU has some idea how many people out
there are using the standard (the ITU keeps track of the number of
downloads.)
One can get a free copy of any 3 ITU-T standards per year.
The reason that ITU-T discontinued the "3 free" program is that they made all of their standards free
with unlimited access and no need to sign up for a special password anymore, except for standards in
certain categories.
http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/jvt-site/draft_conformance
A good source for the MPEG-4 Part 2 reference software (and other freely-available ISO
standards) is
http://tinyurl.com/752g2
JVT DOCUMENT SITE
It contains huge amounts of raw data with different resolutions and encoded bit streams
using H.264 codec.
http://ftp3.itu.ch/av-arch/jvt-site/draft_conformance/
http://radio.irt.de/docs/codecs.html
http://www.tnt.uni-hannover.de/project/mpeg/audio/faq
please open this link for various H264 encoder softwares...
free software x264 by VideoLAN is also there...
http://radio.irt.de/docs/codecs.html
JVT SITE:
http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/jvt-site/
http://www.vcodex.com/files/H264_4x4_transform_whitepaper_Apr09.pdf
The description of the normative inverse quantization and transform process is found in the latest
standard specification:
http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-H.264
Last, the following papers and standardization contributions contain valuable information and
insight on the transform and quantization design of H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10 AVC:
1) H. S. Malvar, A. Hallapuro, M. Karczewicz, and L. Kerofsky, “Low-Complexity Transform and
Quantization in H.264/AVC”, IEEE Trans. on Circ. Sys. on Video Tech., vol. 13, no. 7, July 2003,
pp. 598-603.
2) A. Hallapuro, M. Karczewicz, and H. Malvar, “Low Complexity Transform and Quantization –
Part I: Basic Implementation”, JVT of ISO/IEC MPEG and ITU-T VCEG, JVT-B038, Feb. 2002.
3) A. Hallapuro, M. Karczewicz, and H. Malvar, “Low Complexity Transform and Quantization –
Part II: Extensions”, Joint Video Team of ISO/IEC MPEG and ITU-T VCEG, JVT-B039, Feb. 2002.
http://iphome.hhi.de/suehring/tml/
and
VCEG-N79r1 http://ftp3.itu.ch/av-arch/video-site/0109_San/
Free open software on H.264 (x264 codec)
http://developers.videolan.org/svn.html
JVT-AD007 is the most recent JVT document containing the draft text for
ITU_T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14996-10 (AVC). MVC is specified in Annex H.
Nokia announced today open availability of its MVC source code implementing H.264/MPEG-4 MVC, a
leading multi-view video coding standard created jointly by the Telecommunication Standardization Sector
of ITU and the Moving Picture Experts Group, MPEG of ISO/IEC. The source code is fully optimized for
different uses in mobile devices and includes a player for the Maemo environment, making it easy for
developers to take full advantage of the source code in an open, expandable ecosystem.
MVC is the newest addition to highly successful and widely deployed H.264/AVC family of video codecs
serving multi-view and 3D video usage. It provides superior network robustness and compression
performance for delivering 3D video by e.g. taking advantage of the inter-view dependencies of the
different visual channels. In addition, its backwards compatibility with H.264/AVC codecs makes it widely
interoperable in environments having both 2D and 3D capable devices.
Nokia acknowledges finalization of the MVC specification and is proud to contribute to the MVC
community with this software release. “We are all very excited about this technology and the way it adds a
whole new dimension to visual communication and entertainment. We hope this donation helps the
developer community to take advantage of the full potential of the MVC technology and stimulates the
creation of innovative applications and services”, says Jyri Huopaniemi, Director of Nokia Research Center
Tampere laboratory.
http://compression.ru/video/codec_comparison/call_for_codecs_09.html
http://www.compression.ru/video/codec_comparison/lossless_codecs_200
7_en.html
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OPEN SOURCE:
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30. x264 HP encoder (free, supported by VideoLAN)
OPEN SOURCE. We recommend this encoder. Developers declare
"early development stage", but encode results are one of the best.
http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html
http://x264.nl/ (unofficial)
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31. JM 9.6 reference H.264 encodec (free, supported by Joint Video
Team ISO&ITU-T)
OPEN SOURCE. Can be used only for comatibility tests and
research.
http://bs.hhi.de/~suehring/tml/
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32. libavcodec H.264 Decoder (Project FFMPEG)
OPEN SOURCE. Permanently updated decoder.
http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/
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33. Hdot264 Pre-Alpha (Project Hdot264)
OPEN SOURCE.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/hdot264/
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34. t264 (Project t264)
OPEN SOURCE.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/t264
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HARDWARE IMPLEMENTED:
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35. Sony PlayStation Portable (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)
Product: Support H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile Level3 decoding.
http://www.us.playstation.com/PSP/System
Try also "Sony Image Converter 2 Plus" with AVC support.
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36. VSX 300 Videoconferencing Terminal with H.264 support (Polycom
Inc)
Product: Biggest HW videoconferencing company, prepare many
solutions with 264 support
http://www.polycom.com/products_services/1,1443,pw-35-
6197,00.html
---
37. Tandberg EN5930 SD/EN5990 HD Encoders (Tandberg Television)
Product: Television SD & HD encoders.
http://www.tandbergtv.com/products/products.asp?range=3
---
38. Tandberg Telecom - video communication (Tandberg Telecom)
Product for videoconferencing, supports H.264 baseline profile.
http://www.tandberg.net/our_story/h264.jsp
---
39. 4Caster MPEG-4 / H.264 Encoder (Envivio, Inc.)
Product: Hardware box encoder
http://www.envivio.com/solutions/iptv_broadband_television.php
http://www.envivio.com/products/bshdenc_4coder_8500_software.php
(software, no download)
---
40. Tut Systems MPEG-4 AVC (Tut Systems, Inc.)
Product: Hardware transcoder box.
http://www.tutsys.com/digitalheadend/products/astriacp/mpeg4avc/
---
41. Hardware MGW 5100 (Optibase, Inc.)
Product: Hardware box encoder
http://www.optibase.com/Content.aspx?id=38
---
42. Harmonic DiviComR MV 100 Encoder (Harmonic Inc. )
Product: Several hardware SD and HD Broadcast AVC encoders
http://www.harmonicinc.com/view_csd_product_group.cfm?
classID=1010
---
43. E42 - H264 DVB over IP Broadcast Encoder (StreamTel Corporation)
Product: Hardware box encoder. Broadcast-Grade real time H264
DVB IP streaming encoder
http://www.streamtel.com/streamtel/products/det/1_Encoders/46_E42_-
_H264_DVB_over_IP_Broadcast_Encoder.htm
---
44. Darim MV401EXP-H264 Encoder and MV410EXP Decoder (Darim Vision
Co., Ltd.)
Product: Hardware box Encoding/Streaming systems
http://www.darimmedia.com/products/mv401exp-h264.php
---
45. Mayah I [io] 8000 series (MAYAH Communications)
Product: Hardware box. Plan AVC availability in Q3 '05.
http://www.mayah.com/products/io-8000a.htm
---
46. Thales ARGOS MPEG-4 Encoder (Thales Broadcast & Multimedia,
Inc.)
Product: Hardware box. Plan AVC from July 05.
http://www-
db.thomcastcom.ext.coltfrance.com/db/thomcast/webdriver?
MIval=V_Prod_Detail_b.html&F_ID=4&D_ID=1&P_ID=221
---
47. TI TMS320DM64x DSP ( Texas Instruments Incorporated)
Chip: SD BP encoder+decoder, MP decoder
http://focus.ti.com/dsp/docs/dspsplash.tsp?contentId=1573
---
48. ViBE MPEG-4 AVC (Thomson)
Chip: modular hardware series of encoders
http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/products/transmission/vibe/encoder
_mpeg4/
---
49. Broadcom chips (Broadcom Corp. former Sandvideo)
Chip with H.264 HD / decoding only
http://websearch.broadcom.com/query.html?qt=AVC
---
50. Sentivision H.264/AVC Decoders (Sentivision, Japan)
Chip/products with H.264 HD / decoding only / only for TI DSP's
http://www.sentivision.com/
---
51. SD MPEG-2/AVC encoder (Scientific Atlanta now part of Cisco)
Product: Transmission system (for satellite TV)
http://www.saeurope.com/products/customerhome.htm
---
52. LSI H.264 VLE4000 (LSI Logic Corp. former: VideoLocus)
Chips with 264 support
http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/products/transmission/vibe/encoder
_mpeg4/
Domino[X] transcoding technology:
http://www.lsi.com/insight_center/tech_trends/advanced_architectures
/dominox_media/index.html
---
53. Modulus Video SDTV, HDTV Encoder (Modulus Video, Inc.)
Chips. Declarations only now. License H.264 from LSI Logic.
http://modulusvideo.com/main.php?Page=12
---
54. BSP 15 (System-on-chip) (Pixelworks Inc - was Equator
Technologies, Inc.)
Chips. No info about Equator H.264 on site now.
---
55. Surveillance Real Time H.264 Encoders (DSP Research, Inc.)
Several chips implementation.
http://www.dspr.com/www/products/overview_video.htm
http://www.dspr.com/www/support/download/video_download.htm
---
56. VP3-PMC / Hardware TwinPEG Pro (Vitec Multimedia)
Chips. TMS320DM642TMDSP & etc
http://www.vitecmm.com/product.php?id=41
---
57. WWComs H.264 Codecs (W&W Communications Inc.)
Several chips implementation (TI DM64x, C64xx, Freescale DSPs).
http://www.wwcoms.com/products/h264_codec.htm
http://www.wwcoms.com/products/codec/bc264.htm
---
58. CX2418x H.264 Video Decoder IC (Conexant Systems, Inc.)
HW Decoder with Main & High Profile (on CX24182)
http://www.conexant.com/products/entry.jsp?id=109
---
59. Sigma Designs HD decoder (Sigma Designs, Inc.)
HW HD Decoder based on SMP8630 family
http://www.sigmadesigns.com/public/Products/SMP8630/SMP8630_series.h
tml
---
60. Cradle Technologies H.264 (Cradle Technologies, Inc.)
HW Main profile Encoder based on CT3600 MDSP family
http://www.cradle.com/products/asw_ct3600_h264.shtml
---
61. STMicroelectronics H.264 (STMicroelectronics)
HW HD High Profile decoder
http://www.st.com/stonline/stappl/press/news/year2006/t2052.htm
---
62. PacketVideo H.264 (PacketVideo Corp.)
HW Base Profile encoder/decoder on ARM/OMAP/DM642
http://www.packetvideo.com/page.asp?prmid=16
---
63. H.264 Engine for Mobile Devices (ASTRI - Applied Science and
Technology Research Institute Company Limited)
http://www.astri.org/en/ic_mtm01_apv.php
---
64. CEVA Mobile-Media2000 (CEVA, Inc.)
Chip,Base Profile encoder/decoder
http://www.ceva-dsp.com/products/platforms/mobile-media.php
---
65. Micronas DeCypher 8100 (Micronas)
Chip,decoder with support for H.264/AVC
http://www.micronas.com/products/by_function/decypher_8100/product_i
nformation/index.html
---
If you know any more information about H.264 codecs, please add
information to Compression-links.info H.264 page.
http://www.compression-links.info/MPEG-4_AVC_H264
Index of /av-arch/JVT-site JVT Documents
http://ftp3.itu.ch/av-arch/jvt-site/
You can get the latest official published version of the standard for free at
http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-H.264. I believe its date is 3/2005, but it also includes the
changes made in a corrigendum of 9/2005. Also available there is Amendment 1 (additional
color spaces and removal of High 4:4:4 profile). Amendment 2 (new professional profiles) is
approved but not yet published. Amendments 3 (SVC) and 4 (MVC) and a corrigendum are
still work-in-progress.
http://getonebyone.googlepages.com/media_h264
Pl open this pdf file info on H.264/avc Resources.
ScannedDocument08
022007.pdf
Why is no comparison with FFMpeg/FFDShow, the fastest free & open source
h264 decoder ?
http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/download.php
________________
FACE DATABASE
http://mambo.ucsc.edu/psl/olivetti.html
http://cvc.yale.edu/projects/yalefaces/yalefaces.html
http://rvl1.ecn.purdue.edu/~aleix/aleix_face_DB.html
http://www.uk.research.att.com/facedatabase.html
Face sequences;
ftp://ftp.nt.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de/pub/eisert/sequences/
face database
http://www.nist.gov/humanid/colorferet
http://www.itl.nist.gov/iad/humanid/feret/feret_master.html
www.sic.rma.ac.be/~beumier/DB/3d_rma.html
WAVELET (EZW/SPIHT)
EPIC (Efficient Pyramid Image Coder)
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~eero/epic.html
ftp://ftp.cis.upenn.edu/pub/eero/
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~butch/EPWIC/
http://decsai.ugr.es/cvg/REWIC/
http://www.cipr.rpi.edu/research/SPIHT/
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/polyvalens/clemens/ezw/ezw.html
http://www.cipr.rpi.edu (good web site: lots of links, info on SPIHT, also many image, video
databases)
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~cil/cil-ster.html
YUV CIF/QCIF bitstreams
http://trace.eas.asu.edu/yuv/index.html
ftp://ftp.crc.ca/crc/vqeg/TestSequences/Reference/
Image database
USC-SIPI http://sipi.usc.edu/services/database/databse.html
Video database
http://homepages.mcnet.ch/~chmorgan/video.htm
http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/graphics/x3l3/private/group/iso/lbc/sequences/
http://kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/~stewe/vceg/sequences.htm
http://ise.stanford.edu/video.html
http://media.xiph.org/video/derf/
In the above web site there are many standard streams are
available with multiple resolution size like QCIF, CIF and some 4CIF
too.
CIF/QCIF sequences:
http://kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/~stewe/vceg/sequences.htm
You can download MVC test sequences "Race1" and "Flamenco2" at (6/10/09)
ftp://ftp.ne.jp/KDDI/multiview/
http://peipa.essex.ac.uk/ipa/src/formats/mpeg/stanford/
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/sensor-9/ftp/images/sequences/
Surrey University data base
http://xm2vtsdb.ee.surrey.ac.uk/order/datasets.html
ftp://vqeg.its.bldrdoc.gov/
Standard YUV test sequences can be downloaded from Network System Lab, Simon Fraser
University, Canada.
http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/wiki/index.php/Video_Library_and_Tools
click on "Resources" then select the item 5 "Video Library and Tools", then click again on "Video
Library and Tools"
www.fastvdo.com/hddata
Included are:
1. some brief descriptions, including scene selections, provided by
Dolby
and FastVDO when this data was first made available to this
community
(JVT-J039 and JVT-J042), and
2. some instructions for obtaining this data
(www.fastvdo.com/hddata/GetHDData.html).
The 4:4:4 HD testsequences are available on the server - ftp.tnt.uni-hannover.de. They are not
available for public. To get these sequences, following steps can be implemented:
Step 1:
Download ftp client from internet - you can get one from www.smartftp.com
Step 2:
Address - ftp.tnt.uni-hannover.de
Login - sc29wg11
Password - (from MPEG)
Step 3:
Go to folder testsequences/Viper_testset_FastVDO.
The testsequences are in this folder.
You get a download option by right clicking on any of these folders.
Step 4:
Step 5:
To view the video, you need to download the yuv player - you can get one at
http://www.yuvplayer.com/
The resolution of the video frame is 1920*1080 and the YUV format is 4:4:4.
ftp://ftp.ldv.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de/dist/test_sequences/
Here you will find some 1080p sequences, but no 1080p50 or similar.
The only 1080p50 content that is freely available is probably the SVT
test set.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-
us/directx
9_c/directx/htm/xtltestsample.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-
us/directx
9_c/directx/htm/directshoweditingservices.asp
Also http://trace.eas.asu.edu/yuv/yuv.html
http://trace.eas.asu.edu/yuv/index.html
http://meru.cecs.missouri.edu/free_download/videos/
http://www.cipr.rpi.edu/resource/sequences/sif.html
ftp://vqeg.its.bldrdoc.gov/HDTV/SVT_exports/SVT_YUV10_Exports_/NewMobCal_YUV10_
576i25_/
ITU site for video sequences
http://ftp3.itu..ch/av-arch/video-site/sequences/
http://media.xiph.org/video/derf/
ftp://vqeg.its.bldrdoc.gov/HDTV/SVT_MultiFormat/
http://ftp3.itu.ch/av-arch/jvt-site/draft_conformance/FRExt/
Video test sequences
http://ftp3.itu.int/av-arch/video-site/sequences/
http://www.fastvdo.com/HDData.html
http://r0k.us/graphics/kodak
http://media.xiph.org/video/derf
Xiph.org Test Media
Welcome to media.xiph.org, a repository for freely-redistributable test sequences. We use
these to test our codecs, and hope you will too.
All video sequences are in the uncompressed YUV4MPEG format used by the
mjpegtools project unless otherwise indicated. This is the format accepted by the Theora
encoder tools. Some encoding parameters such as framerate that were missing from the
raw data have been guessed or inferred, and may be incorrect.
All sequences listed here were available at one time on publicly accessible servers, and
are believed to be freely redistributable. When available, the appropriate copyright
information is included. Some may impose additional restrictions or limitations. See the
appropriate copyright file for details.
MULTIVIEW VIDEO
The most up to date test set is the SVT test set, that comes for
free and is available from one of the VQEG servers
(ftp://vqeg.its.bldrdoc.gov/HDTV) or the EBU. For details see
http://www.ldv.ei.tum.de/lehrstuhl/personen/details/tobias (at the
bottom of that page there are also some additional HD sequences).
All sequences used for 'official' testing and development inside JVT
or MPEG are available for free and most of them are currently
available at the Hannover server: ftp.tnt.uni-hannover.de (MPEG
login and password applies). (21 June 2007)
22 June 2007
May be, you would like have a look at ftp://vqeg.its.bldrdoc.gov/HDTV/ and various subfolder.
Best regards,
Patrick Rault
JVT-X082 [C. K. Jung, H. Song, J. H. PARK, B. H. Choi] MVC multi-view video test
sequence from KETI Ji Ho Park [[email protected]] 7/9/2007
:
KETI has prepared several test sequences that are being made publicly available for
standardization and research efforts in this area. Further details
on these sequences are provided in this document
single video+depth, as for MPEG-C Part 3 these are available from the server of the 3DTV
project:
https://www.3dtv-research.org/3dav/3DAV_Test_Data/EE4/
http://www.rgu.ac.uk/files/h264_vlc.pdf
http://www.geocities.com/ssavekar/avc_level_encoding.htm
DV Digital video
WMV-9 (VC-1)
WMV9 of Microsof
Windows Movie Maker, in Windows Vista or XP can be used, but with limited functionality. It can
be used to convert a WMV file to AVI format, for example.
For more precise control of encoding parameters, you can use the Windows Media encoder tool,
freely available at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx. It is an
encoding-only tool.
Source code for such tools is not available.
You can also use commercial video editing tools , such as the ones listed at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/service_provider/software/default
.aspx#encoding
Please note: We must receive your completed VC-1 License Agreement Form before we can ship
your VC-1 CD-ROM. You can download this form from the SMPTE Website at:
http://www.smpte.org/standards/. After you’ve completed the form please fax back to SMPTE
914-761-3115 or email a scanned copy to [email protected]
1. The below link had a lot of information on audio and video codecs.
http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Main_Page
2. The link below has a VC-1 reference decoder. It is not the reference decoder but a free one!
http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/download.html
3. Also, Google search provided the reference code for VC 1 - version 6 which might be
outdated now and may not be legal to use (I am not sure on
this). http://www.richardgoodwin.com/VC1_reference_decoder_release6.zip
AVS-CHINA
AVS ( AUDIO VIDEO STANDARD) CHINA web site
www.avs.org.cn/en
ftp://159.226.42.57/public/avs_doc/avs_software
latest version RM52k_r2 for AVS Part2 Jizhun profile at avs
ftp://incoming/dropbox/video_software/P2_software/JiZhun Profile/rm52k_r2.zip.
AUDIO CODING
http://www.multimedia.edu.pl/~mbartkow/ntiav_slides.pdf
audio coders and MPEG-7 audio
http://www.tnt.uni-hannover.de/project/mpeg/audio/faq
MISCELLANEOUS
Fujitsu (www.fujitsu.co.jp)
www.netvideo.com
www.powerweb.de/mpeg/mpegfaq
http://iptutor.freeservers.com
www.image.cityu.edu.hk/mspid/index.html
(city U. of Hong Kong: mspid: Multimedia SP
internet directory). Lots of Links, wealth of info
www.image.cityu.edu.hk/imagedb/ (database)
ftp://ipl.rpi.edu/pub/image/still/usc/gray/
XIFF- eXtended Image File Format, Version 2.0,
Xerox scansoft http://www.xerox.com/scansoft/xiff/xiff20.htm
Dicom (Digital Imaging & Commu.,in Medicine)
www.xray.hmc.psu.edu/dicom
http://sipi.usc.edu/services/database/Database.html
ftp://standard.pictel.com/video-site/h26L/
http://standards.pictel.com/ftp/video-site/ (video Coding Experts group working documents)
www.cs.rit.edu/~ncs/color/t_convert.html (color conversion algorithms)
http://www.atmforum.com/ (An International Product and Service Guide)
http://www.fore.com/products/video/index.html (Fore Systems Corporation)
http://www.k-net.co.uk/products/video.htm (K-net Corporation)
http://www.fvc.com/products/Dvgate.html (First Virtual Corporation)
http://www.icon-stl.net/~ststech/descrip.html (STS Technologies Corporation)
http://www.ahemcorp.com/vcon/cruiser100.html (Ahem Communications Corporation)
http://siemens.com (SIEMENS)
http://alcatel.fr (ALCATEL)
www.c-cube.com
www.divicom.com
www.mp3.com
www.liquidaudio.com
www.dolby.com
color conversion algorithms
www.cs.rit.edu/~ncs/color/t_convert.html
http://www.acticom.info/1494.html
H.263+ http://spmg.ece.ubc.ca/h263plus/h263plus.html
H.261,H263,H.263++ software :-
ftp://ftp3.itu.int/
(file -select login ,username –avguest password--Avguest).
H.263 http://www.ece.ubc.ca/spmg/h263plus/h263plus.html
However the H.26X standards (including H.263, H.263+ and H.263++) can be downloaded free of
cost from the ITU’s ftp site ftp://ftp3.itu.int/ by using the login “avguest” and password “Avguest”.
The video standards are located in the “video-site” subdirectory.
HD data set http://fastvdo.com/public/GetViperData.htm This can be ordered from FastVDO.
https://www.ece.umd.edu/class/enee408g/labs/labI
PYUV is a free YUV viewer that handles 4:2:2, 4:4:4 and up to 16 bits.
http://dante.diei.unipg.it/~baruffa/dvbt/player.php
http://www.vqeg.org
Several web sites related to perceptual quality
tests/evaluations/measurements etc are cited in the paper
K. Brunnstrom et al, “ VQEG validation and ITU standardization of
objective perceptual video quality metrics”, IEEE SP Magazine, vol.
26, issue 3, pp. 96-101, May 2009.
d-cinema/e-cinema
http://www.lnt.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de/mitarbeiter/stockhammer/publications.html
open software: www.videolan.org
http://ict.ewi.tudelft.nl/index.php?Itemid=124
MPEG-2 MULTIPLEXER FOR TS and PS
http://www.uta.edu/faculty/zhouwang/teaching/IDIP06/handouts.htm
http://www.uta.edu/faculty/zhouwang/temp/XinLi_DIPNotes/intro.ppt
http://www.uta.edu/faculty/zhouwang/temp/XinLi_DIPNotes/data_compression_basics.ppt
http://www.uta.edu/faculty/zhouwang/temp/XinLi_DIPNotes/image_analysis.ppt
http://www.uta.edu/faculty/zhouwang/temp/XinLi_DIPNotes/image_deblurring.ppt
http://www.uta.edu/faculty/zhouwang/temp/XinLi_DIPNotes/image_denoising.ppt
http://www.uta.edu/faculty/zhouwang/temp/XinLi_DIPNotes/image_enhancement.ppt
http://www.uta.edu/faculty/zhouwang/temp/XinLi_DIPNotes/image_interpolation.ppt
http://www.uta.edu/faculty/zhouwang/temp/XinLi_DIPNotes/lossless_image_compression.ppt
http://www.uta.edu/faculty/zhouwang/temp/XinLi_DIPNotes/lossy_image_compression.ppt
http://www.uta.edu/faculty/zhouwang/temp/XinLi_DIPNotes/overview.ppt
http://www.uta.edu/faculty/zhouwang/temp/XinLi_DIPNotes/review.ppt
http://www.uta.edu/faculty/zhouwang/temp/XinLi_DIPNotes/transform_image_coding.ppt
http://www.uta.edu/faculty/zhouwang/temp/XinLi_DIPNotes/binary_image_processing.ppt
http://gpac.sourceforge.net/auth_mp4box.php
http://mpeg4ip.sourceforge.net/docs/ (check the mp4creator tool).
Both of the above have its advantages and drawbacks, but can help you do what you want
(multiplexing and splitting of any files including AVC coded bitstreams)
Intel Corp. Motion Estimation algorithms using streaming SIMD extensions 3 Dec. 2003
http://ftp3.itu.ch/av-arch/jvt-site/draft_conformance/
VIDEO LECTURES regarding DIP and DSP from different universities.
http://freevideolectures.com/signals.html
http://www.ebu.ch
ftp://vqeg.its.bldrdoc.gov/HDTV/SVT_MultiFormat/
YUV tool,
http://www.sunrayimage.com
http://www.miravid.com/product_msight_spec.html#h264_analyzer
http://www-video.eecs.berkeley.edu/download/mp/
ITU-R Rec. BT 500-10, "Methodology for the subjective assessment of the quality of television
pictures"
Version 10, March 2000, 39 pp.
International Telecommunication Union, www.itu.int
www.itu.int/rec/recommendation.asp?type=folders&lang=e&parent=R-REC-BT.500
The ITU-R Recommendations are the international technical standards developed by the
Radiocommunication Sector (formerly CCIR) of the ITU. The BT Series covers Broadcasting service
(television).
www.itu.int/ITU-R
http://www.compression.ru/
video/quality_measure/video_measurement_tool_en.html
AUDIO
http://www.monkeysaudio.com
http://www.tnt.uni-hannover.de/project/mpeg/audio/sqam
TRANSCODER
Design, develop, implement and evaluate
H.264 to VP6 Transcoder
(see C.Holder and H. Kalva, “ H.263 to VP6 transcoder, “ SPIE, vol. 6822 (VCIP), San Jose, CA, Jan.
2008. Access from http://spiedigitallibrary.aip.org)
Wyner-Ziv to H.264 transcoder (see E. Peixoto, R.L. de Queiroz and D. Mukherjee, “ Mobile video
communications using Wyner-Ziv transcoder”, “ SPIE, vol. 6822 (VCIP), San Jose, CA, Jan. 2008. Access
from http://spiedigitallibrary.aip.org) Vidhya Murthy is working on this towards M.S. Thesis
Intel IPP (Integrated Performance Primitives) SDK (Software Development Kit) can be found at
http://www3.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/346532.htm
Also "Free Code Samples" to download source code (codec example) examples of using this
library package and manual.
The person needs to provide email address in order to get the free evaluation softwares and code
examples. The system will provide "Serial numbers" for package installation.
http://www.on2.com/index.php?496
Kta-software: http://iphome.hhi.de/suehring/tml/download/KTA/
vceg-document: http://ftp3.itu.ch/av-arch/video-site/0801_Ant/
jvt-document: http://ftp3.itu.ch/av-arch/jvt-site/
www.h265.net
Adaptive arithmetic coding source code: http://www.cipr.rpi.edu/~wheeler/ac/
IQA databases
1. UT-Austin LIVE database is the most comprehensive database for IQA that includes 779 distorted
images generated from 29 natural images.
The distortions are JPEG2000, JPEG compression, white noise, Gaussian blur and Fast Fading
Rayleigh Channel.
URL: http://live.ece.utexas.edu/research/Quality/
2. The IVC database contains 10 original images and 235 distorted images generated from 4 different
processing including JPEG, JPEG2000,LAR
coding and Blurring.
URL: http://www.irccyn.ec-nantes.fr/ivcdb/
3. The Toyama database includes 182 JPEG and JPEG2000 compressed images.
URL: http://www.irccyn.ecnantes.fr/ touranch/ToyamaDatabase.rar
4. The Cornell-VCL A57 database has 60 distorted images with 6 types of distortions including
1) FLT:quantization of the LH subbands of a 5-level DWT of the image using the 9/7 filters,
where the bands were quantized via uniform scalar quantization with step sizes chosen
such that the RMS contrast of the distortions was equal;
2) NOZ: additive Gaussian white noise;
3) JPG: baseline JPEG compression;
4) JP2: JPEG2000 compression using the 9/7 wavelet and no visual frequency weighting;
5) DCQ: JPEG2000 compression using the 9/7 wavelet with the dynamic contrast-based quantization
algorithm, which applies greater quantization to the fine spatial scales relative to the coarse scales in
an attempt to preserve global precedence;
6) BLT: blurring by using a Gaussian filter.
URL: http://foulard.ece.cornell.edu/
VQA database:
The VQEG phase 1 test database is the only publicly-accessible and the most
extensively used database with DMOS for video quality assessment. The video database
includes 20 SDTV reference video sequences and 320 decoded video sequences.
URL: http://foulard.ece.cornell.edu/dmc27/vsnr/vsnr.html
http://www.atsc.org/standards
http://www.via.cornell.edu/databases/lungdb.html
http://barre.nom.fr/medical/samples/
motion compensated embedded zeroblock coding
http://www.cipr.rpi.edu/research/mcezbc/