Deliver High Quality High Performance HEVC via Intel® Media Server Studio

5 BQTerrace 1920x1080 60 600 25 27 31 34
6 ParkScene 1920x1080 24 240 23 26 29 32
Of the HD1080p test sequences referred to in Table 0B, Park_Joy, Ducks_take_off, CrowdRun and
TouchDownPass of 1920x1080 resolution can be obtained from http://media.xiph.org/video/derf/ while
BQTerrace and ParkScene of 1920x1080 resolution are standard MPEG HEVC test sequences that can be
obtained from MPEG distribution site such as ftp://hvc:US88Hula@ftp.tnt.unihannover.de/testsequences.
Table 0C HD720p Test Set and Quantizers used for Codec RD characteristics measurement
Quantizers used for RD char.
HD720p Test Sequence Resolution frm rate #frm Qp1 Qp2 Qp3 Qp4
1 Park_joy 1280x720 50 500 26 29 33 37
2 Ducks_take_off 1280x720 50 500 28 31 35 37
3 CrowdRun 1280x720 50 500 26 30 34 38
4 City 1280x720 30 300 22 24 27 29
5 Crew 1280x720 30 300 22 26 29 32
6 Sailormen 1280x720 30 300 24 26 28 30
Table 0C shows HD720p test sequences of which Park_Joy, Ducks_take_off, and CrowdRun of 1280x720
resolution can be obtained from http://media.xiph.org/video/derf/ while City, Crew, and Sailormen of
1280x720 resolution are earlier MPEG SVC test sequences with limited public distribution (but can be
made available on request).
Table 0D SD/XD Test Set and Quantizers used for Codec RD characteristics measurement
Quantizers used for RD char.
SD/XD Test Sequence Resolution frm rate #frm Qp1 Qp2 Qp3 Qp4
1 BasketBallDrillText 832x480 50 500 21 24 27 30
2 PartyScene 832x480 50 500 24 27 30 33
3 RaceHorses 832x480 30 300 24 27 30 33
4 City 704x576 30 300 22 24 26 28
5 Crew 704x576 30 300 22 25 28 31
6 Soccer 704x576 30 300 22 25 28 31
Deliver High Quality, High Performance HEVC via Intel® Media Server Studio
Table 0D shows standard and extended definition test sequences such as BasketBallDrillText, PartyScene,
and RaceHorses all of 832x480 resolution that are standard MPEG HEVC test sequences that can be
obtained from ftp://hvc:US88Hula@ftp.tnt.uni-hannover.de/testsequences while City, Crew, and Soccer of
704x576 resolution can be obtained from MPEG site ftp://ftp.tnt.unihannover.de/pub/svc/testsequences/.
Now that we have discussed test sequences, we now introduce encoding configuration used.
HEVC HM encoding is employed in high quality default high delay Random Access configuration but with
only first frame Intra (other Intra’s can still happen but only due to scene change), pyramid configuration
of size 8, and 4 Reference Pictures. For each encoding test, the reference quantizer used (which may be
19
*Other names and brands may be claimed as property of others.