Private:VideoTools

• x264 open source encoder for H.264/AVC

• Google's VP8 open source VP8 encoder and decoder
  • ZIP file includes encoder and decoder pre-built for windows
  • Encoder is vpcenc.exe, type vpcenv -help for instructions
  • Decoder is vpcdec.exe, type vpcdec -help for instructions
  • VP8 Encoder Parameter Guidelines
  • VP8 Overview Slides

• Avisynth version 2.5
  • General purpose scripting tool for reading and processing videos
  • Allows filters to be bound in to compute distortion, add noise, watermarks, etc.

Useful avisynth filters:
* Compare - Compare two videos and Calculate Y-PNSR for each frame
   - This is included as one of the core avisynth filters
     Compare(clip_filtered, clip_original, "channels", "logfile") 
		
* SSIM - Compare two videos Calculate Structure Similarity Metric for each frame
   - http://avisynth.org/warpenterprises/
     SSIM (clip1, clip2, "results.csv", "averageSSIM.txt", lumimask=true)

* RawSource - Read in Raw YUV video files
   - http://avisynth.org/warpenterprises/files/rawsource_25_dll_20060728.zip
     clip = RawSource("SourceFile", Height, Width, "Format")

• ffmpeg
  • a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video
  • includes libavcodec - the leading audio/video codec library
  • contains instructions for getting source and windows executable

• YUVviewer
  • Allows multiple YUV video files to be played side by side for comparison

• Vicos (Demo Version)
  • Automated codec comparison tool
  • Allows codecs to be bound in and preset parameters to be defined by the user
  • Useful for a quick relative comparison of codecs and different preset parameters
  • Generated files in vicos/perframe_data contains per-frame PNSR/SSIM raw data

• YUV Toolbox Matlab's toolbox for processing and comparing YUV video streams
  • yuv_compare compares two YUV streams and produces PSNR values

• MSU's Codec Comparison Reports
  • Contains short version of annual Codec Comparison Report
  • Provides detailed comparison of the most popular H.264 decoders
  • MSU's 2010 Codec Report - Appendix 8 compares VP8, x264, XViD performance and quality