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Main Authors: Yin, Shibo, Zhang, Zhiyu, Ning, Peirong, Chen, Qiubo, Chen, Jing, Zhou, Quan, Song, Li
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.05295
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author Yin, Shibo
Zhang, Zhiyu
Ning, Peirong
Chen, Qiubo
Chen, Jing
Zhou, Quan
Song, Li
author_facet Yin, Shibo
Zhang, Zhiyu
Ning, Peirong
Chen, Qiubo
Chen, Jing
Zhou, Quan
Song, Li
contents In streaming media services, video transcoding is a common practice to alleviate bandwidth demands. Unfortunately, traditional methods employing a uniform rate factor (RF) across all videos often result in significant inefficiencies. Content-adaptive encoding (CAE) techniques address this by dynamically adjusting encoding parameters based on video content characteristics. However, existing CAE methods are often tightly coupled with specific encoding strategies, leading to inflexibility. In this paper, we propose a model that predicts both RF-quality and RF-bitrate curves, which can be utilized to derive a comprehensive bitrate-quality curve. This approach facilitates flexible adjustments to the encoding strategy without necessitating model retraining. The model leverages codec features, content features, and anchor features to predict the bitrate-quality curve accurately. Additionally, we introduce an anchor suspension method to enhance prediction accuracy. Experiments confirm that the actual quality metric (VMAF) of the compressed video stays within 1 of the target, achieving an accuracy of 99.14%. By incorporating our quality improvement strategy with the rate-quality curve prediction model, we conducted online A/B tests, obtaining both +0.107% improvements in video views and video completions and +0.064% app duration time.
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spellingShingle Content-Adaptive Rate-Quality Curve Prediction Model in Media Processing System
Yin, Shibo
Zhang, Zhiyu
Ning, Peirong
Chen, Qiubo
Chen, Jing
Zhou, Quan
Song, Li
Multimedia
In streaming media services, video transcoding is a common practice to alleviate bandwidth demands. Unfortunately, traditional methods employing a uniform rate factor (RF) across all videos often result in significant inefficiencies. Content-adaptive encoding (CAE) techniques address this by dynamically adjusting encoding parameters based on video content characteristics. However, existing CAE methods are often tightly coupled with specific encoding strategies, leading to inflexibility. In this paper, we propose a model that predicts both RF-quality and RF-bitrate curves, which can be utilized to derive a comprehensive bitrate-quality curve. This approach facilitates flexible adjustments to the encoding strategy without necessitating model retraining. The model leverages codec features, content features, and anchor features to predict the bitrate-quality curve accurately. Additionally, we introduce an anchor suspension method to enhance prediction accuracy. Experiments confirm that the actual quality metric (VMAF) of the compressed video stays within 1 of the target, achieving an accuracy of 99.14%. By incorporating our quality improvement strategy with the rate-quality curve prediction model, we conducted online A/B tests, obtaining both +0.107% improvements in video views and video completions and +0.064% app duration time.
title Content-Adaptive Rate-Quality Curve Prediction Model in Media Processing System
topic Multimedia
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.05295