Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Email: andrej@sf.bg.ac.rs (A.S.)
Manuscript received July 29, 2024; revised August 23, 2024; accepted September 29, 2024; published November 13, 2024
Abstract—This paper presents a comprehensive video quality assessment that focuses on the comparison of two predominant video coders, H.264/AVC and MPEG-4, particularly at very low resolutions pertinent to web-based applications and security cameras. Objective quality metrics such as Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR) and Structural Similarity Index Measure (SSIM) were employed to evaluate the performance of these coders. Through experimental analysis, it was observed that H.264/AVC offered superior performance over MPEG-4 in terms of both PSNR and SSIM values. This result underscores the efficiency of H.264/AVC in scenarios where high-quality video is essential, despite bandwidth or storage constraints.
Keywords—video coding, quality metrics, standards, Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR), Similarity Index Measure (SSIM)
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Cite: Andreja Samčović, "Video Performance Metric Assessment of Coding Standards H.264/AVC and MPEG-4," International Journal of Future Computer and Communication, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 76-80, 2024.
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