Video Quality Evaluation Methodology and Result of AV2 Compression Performance

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Main Authors: Lei, Zhijun, Vibhoothi, Vibhoothi, Hoang, Dzung, Du, Yixin, Khsib, Ramzi
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Published: 2026
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author Lei, Zhijun
Vibhoothi, Vibhoothi
Hoang, Dzung
Du, Yixin
Khsib, Ramzi
author_facet Lei, Zhijun
Vibhoothi, Vibhoothi
Hoang, Dzung
Du, Yixin
Khsib, Ramzi
contents The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) has developed the AV2 video coding standard to supersede AV1, aiming for substantial compression efficiency gains across diverse media applications. This paper details the quality and performance evaluation methodology defined in the AV2 Common Test Conditions (CTC), which introduces new evaluation methods and content, including convex-hull-based adaptive streaming (AS) configuration, user-generated content (UGC), and extended chroma formats. We present the coding gains of the AV2 (v13.0) against the AV1 baseline. Experimental results show that AV2 achieves significant Bjøntegaard-Delta Rate (BD-rate) reductions of 29.81\% and 33.79\% for PSNR-YUV and VMAF, respectively, under random access configuration, validating the efficiency of AV2 for next-generation streaming applications.
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spellingShingle Video Quality Evaluation Methodology and Result of AV2 Compression Performance
Lei, Zhijun
Vibhoothi, Vibhoothi
Hoang, Dzung
Du, Yixin
Khsib, Ramzi
Image and Video Processing
Emerging Technologies
Multimedia
Signal Processing
The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) has developed the AV2 video coding standard to supersede AV1, aiming for substantial compression efficiency gains across diverse media applications. This paper details the quality and performance evaluation methodology defined in the AV2 Common Test Conditions (CTC), which introduces new evaluation methods and content, including convex-hull-based adaptive streaming (AS) configuration, user-generated content (UGC), and extended chroma formats. We present the coding gains of the AV2 (v13.0) against the AV1 baseline. Experimental results show that AV2 achieves significant Bjøntegaard-Delta Rate (BD-rate) reductions of 29.81\% and 33.79\% for PSNR-YUV and VMAF, respectively, under random access configuration, validating the efficiency of AV2 for next-generation streaming applications.
title Video Quality Evaluation Methodology and Result of AV2 Compression Performance
topic Image and Video Processing
Emerging Technologies
Multimedia
Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.15800