Solutions for decoding
Decoding is normalized but each decoding equipment is very different than the others. This is true for both consumer Set Top Boxes (STB) and professional integrated receiver decoders (IRD).
Some are basic decoders but most of them include other functions like Media Center or Electronic Program Guide (EPG), with simple or elaborate interfaces, like 3D interfaces.
For all decoders, choosing the best decoding chipset and validating new firmwares are fundamental tasks because the stakes are high: customers acceptability, maintenance importance, market shares.
We have the solutions for you.
First solution: Video Quality Monitor (VQM)
Video Quality Monitor (VQM) measures and monitors audio and video quality from the output of a STB (Set Top Box) or any other HDMI or SDI device, from files, from IP streaming and even from desktop capture (to monitor a video player).
VQM can also control a Set Top Box by learning and sending infra red codes and executing test scripts.
VQM can also measure and monitor audio loudness according to recommendations ITU BS.1770-2 and EBU R 128. This enables to check if audio levels meet industry requirements.
VQM is provided with VQM Centralization Server (VQM CS) which enables to collect in real time the measures computed by one or several instances of VQM. Then VQM CS generates reports which compare the measures from different VQM instances (to compare Set Top Boxes simultaneously). VQM CS can also display mosaics and real time maps of the VQM instances..
Second solution: Video Quality Analyzer (VQA)
Video Quality Analyzer (VQA) measures video quality of video files and compare them to reference videos to make sure they look as expected. So, VQA can test if decoding is correctly performed.
Third solution: : Full Reference Video Quality Monitor (FRVQM)
Full Reference Video Quality Monitor (FRVQM) measures and monitors video quality, audio quality and lip-sync in real time from live audio/video sources: HDMI, SDI, ASI, IP streaming (UDP, RTP, HTTP, HTTPS, HLS, MPEG-DASH, RTSP, RTMP, NDI®) and desktop capture..
FRVQM measures of blockiness, blur, contrast and flatness for both the reference video and the measured video.
It also enables to measure video quality using Netflix's VMAF metric in real time, from live audio/video sources.
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