Convex-hull Estimation using XPSNR for Versatile Video Coding

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Autori principali: Menon, Vignesh V, Helmrich, Christian R., Wieckowski, Adam, Bross, Benjamin, Marpe, Detlev
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author Menon, Vignesh V
Helmrich, Christian R.
Wieckowski, Adam
Bross, Benjamin
Marpe, Detlev
author_facet Menon, Vignesh V
Helmrich, Christian R.
Wieckowski, Adam
Bross, Benjamin
Marpe, Detlev
contents As adaptive streaming becomes crucial for delivering high-quality video content across diverse network conditions, accurate metrics to assess perceptual quality are essential. This paper explores using the eXtended Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (XPSNR) metric as an alternative to the popular Video Multimethod Assessment Fusion (VMAF) metric for determining optimized bitrate-resolution pairs in the context of Versatile Video Coding (VVC). Our study is rooted in the observation that XPSNR shows a superior correlation with subjective quality scores for VVC-coded Ultra-High Definition (UHD) content compared to VMAF. We predict the average XPSNR of VVC-coded bitstreams using spatiotemporal complexity features of the video and the target encoding configuration and then determine the convex-hull online. On average, the proposed convex-hull using XPSNR (VEXUS) achieves an overall quality improvement of 5.84 dB PSNR and 0.62 dB XPSNR while maintaining the same bitrate, compared to the default UHD encoding using the VVenC encoder, accompanied by an encoding time reduction of 44.43% and a decoding time reduction of 65.46%. This shift towards XPSNR as a guiding metric shall enhance the effectiveness of adaptive streaming algorithms, ensuring an optimal balance between bitrate efficiency and perceptual fidelity with advanced video coding standards.
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spellingShingle Convex-hull Estimation using XPSNR for Versatile Video Coding
Menon, Vignesh V
Helmrich, Christian R.
Wieckowski, Adam
Bross, Benjamin
Marpe, Detlev
Multimedia
Image and Video Processing
As adaptive streaming becomes crucial for delivering high-quality video content across diverse network conditions, accurate metrics to assess perceptual quality are essential. This paper explores using the eXtended Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (XPSNR) metric as an alternative to the popular Video Multimethod Assessment Fusion (VMAF) metric for determining optimized bitrate-resolution pairs in the context of Versatile Video Coding (VVC). Our study is rooted in the observation that XPSNR shows a superior correlation with subjective quality scores for VVC-coded Ultra-High Definition (UHD) content compared to VMAF. We predict the average XPSNR of VVC-coded bitstreams using spatiotemporal complexity features of the video and the target encoding configuration and then determine the convex-hull online. On average, the proposed convex-hull using XPSNR (VEXUS) achieves an overall quality improvement of 5.84 dB PSNR and 0.62 dB XPSNR while maintaining the same bitrate, compared to the default UHD encoding using the VVenC encoder, accompanied by an encoding time reduction of 44.43% and a decoding time reduction of 65.46%. This shift towards XPSNR as a guiding metric shall enhance the effectiveness of adaptive streaming algorithms, ensuring an optimal balance between bitrate efficiency and perceptual fidelity with advanced video coding standards.
title Convex-hull Estimation using XPSNR for Versatile Video Coding
topic Multimedia
Image and Video Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13712