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• Basic Information about VQMT
  • Features (supported formats, supported metrics, features list)
  • Setting & Screenshots (advanced files settings, visualization settings)
• PRO Version [Full Documentation, PDF, 2.26 MB]
  • PRO Version Benefits
  • Supported Metrics
  • Supported Video Formats
  • Main Features
  • Video Casts
  • Visualization Examples
  • PRO Version FAQ
  • Contributors
  • Feedback
  • Download PRO Demo
  • Download & Purchase [Brochure, PDF, 475kB]
    

PRO Version Benefits

1. Includes GUI PRO tool
2. Includes command line PRO tool (designed for batch processing)
3. Professional 10, 14 and 16 bits color depth raw files support
4. HDTV support
5. Ability to save separate files with average metric values
6. Ability to calculate a set of metrics in several color spaces simultaneously
7. Additional documentation
8. Customers support (up to tool customization)

Supported Metrics (and color components):

1. PSNR (Y,U,V,L,R,G,B) - most popular
2. Delta (Y,U,V,L, R,G,B)
3. MSAD (Y,U,V,L,R,G,B)
4. MSE (Y,U,V,L,R,G,B)
5. SSIM (Y)
6. VQM (Y)
7. MSU Blurring Metric(Y,U,V)
8. MSU Blocking Metric(Y,U,V)
9. MSU Brightness Flicking Metric (Y) - plugin
10. MSU Brightness Independent PSNR (Y) - plugin
11. MSU Drop Frame Metric (Y) - plugin
12. MSU Noise Estimation Metric (Y) - plugin
13. MSU Scene Change Detector (Y) - plugin

Supported Video Formats:

1. *.AVI
2. *.AVS
3. *.YUV (scientific) - 8, 10, 14 and 16 bits per color component
4. *.BMP (RGB24)
5. *.MOV, *.VOB, *.WMV, *.MP4, *.MPG, *.MKV, *.FLV and others (via AviSynth)

Main Features

1. Results are saved in *.CSV (can be opened everywhere)
2. All metrics are visualized (very useful for codec and filter debugging)
3. Plug-ins interface gives user possibility to create their own metrics.
4. More than 8 bit per color component raw files support - PRO version only
5. HDTV support - PRO version only
6. Masking

Visualization Examples

These plots were built in MATLAB, based on measurement results from MSU VQMT PRO.

Examples of the errors in codecs, detected with VQMT PRO.

PRO Version FAQ

This FAQ consist of common questions about PRO version. General program FAQ is here.

1. Is the license of PRO Version time-limited or not?
2. Does the MSU VQMT PRO Version include software updates/patches and functional extension?
3. How I can have a discount?
4. What is included into PRO Version license?

• Q: Is the license of PRO Version time-limited or not?
  A: No, there are no limitations.
  
  
• Q: Does the MSU VQMT PRO Version include software updates/patches and functional extension?
  A: Yes, all updates for one year are included.
  
  
• Q: How I can get a discount?
  A: You can obtain it if you will find some bugs in free version of MSU VQMT, or if you will purcase more than one license simultaneous.
  
  
• Q: What is included into PRO Version license?
  A:
  
  1. GUI version of the MSU VQMT, licensed for commercial usage
  2. MSU VQMT PRO version with command-line interface
  3. Software documentation
  4. All free plugins

Contributors

Special thanks to following contributors.

Feedback

We have feedback from the following big companies:

• Analog Devices(analog.com)
• Samsung (samsung.com)
• Intel (intel.com)
• Hewlett-Packard (hp.com)
• Thomson (thomson.net)
• Harmonic (harmonicinc.com)
• Matrox (matrox.com)
• Zoran (zoran.com)
• Kodak (kodak.com)
• Honeywell (honeywell.com)

• AudioCodecs (audiocodes.com)
• Envivio (envivio.fr)
• Ambric Inc (ambric.com)
• Smart phones (smartphones.no)
• TestPro (testpro.co.il)
• Bouygues Telecom (bouyguestelecom.fr)
• CDRinfo (cdrinfo.com)
• Infoteck (infoteck.ru)
• Cubiworld (cubiworld.ch)
• INESC Porto (inescporto.pt)

• University of Technology Sydney (it.uts.edu.au)
• Fraunhofer (igd.fraunhofer.de)
• Brunel University (brunel.ac.uk)
• Alpen-Adria University (edu.uni-klu.ac.at)
• California State University (csudh.edu)
• Universeit Gent (intec.ugent.be)

Download & Purchase

Download & Purchase

MSU Video Quality Measurement Tools

• MSU Video Quality Measurement Tool (program for objective comparison)
  • Features
  • Setting & Screenshots
  • FAQ
  • Metrics Info
  • PRO Version Description
  • Download & Purchase
  • Plugins & Plugin SDK
    • MSU Brightness Flicking Metric
    • MSU Brightness Independent PSNR
    • MSU Drop Frame Metric
    • MSU Noise Estimation Metric
    • MSU Scene Change Detector
• MSU Human Perceptual Quality Metric (several metrics for exact visual tests)
  • Implemented Metrics Short Info:
    ITU-R BT.500-11: DSIS, DSCQS I & II, SCACJ; EBU: SAMVIQ; MSUCQE
  • MSU PVQ Metric Tool FAQ
  • MSU Perceptual Video Quality Tool PDF

Other resources

Video resources:

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