VQ Analyzer
Video Encoder optimization and quality tuning
VQ Analyzer is a video bitstream analysis tool designed to inspect every essential step of the decoding process graphically and numerically
Inspect
Debug
Improve
Advantages
- Syntax Information for specs in each stream
- Compliance Validation/Error Reporting
- Dual View mode with 2 in-sync streams
- Frequent updates
- Load Debug YUV with multiple functions
- Flexibility with purchasing license
- GUI and console mode
- Speed and stability of functioning
- Detailed video analysis
- 24/7 worldwide support (1st year free support service*)
- * available with purchase of one-yearperpetual license
Key features
Bitstream view
NAL units, Filmstrip, HRD and VBV buffer, Specification, Reference hierarchy
Bitstream
- Thumbnails Filmstrip with Frame Type and picture preview
- Bars Filmstrip with Frame type and size
- Frame reference dependency and hierarchy
- Extracting NAL units and sub stream
- Spec compliance verification
- HRD and VBV buffer visualization
- Displaying PSNR/SSIM metrics per frame on a timeline graph
Frame view
Prediction, transform and overlays
Frame
- Dedicated view for each stage of frame processing
- Extracting intermediate pictures to a file
- DPB state for the frame
- Graphically Analyze Coding Flow
- Visual Overlays : Heat Map, QP Map, Efficiency Map and many other
- Display PSNR/SSIM metrics as block based heat map
Statistics
Frame and Stream level stat, extract to file
Statistics
- Quotation from spec for each syntax element
- Whole bit stream & each separate frame statistics
- Extract syntax and statistical data to a file
VQ Analyzer
Block view
Full pipeline of actions with coefficients, vectors and formulas
Block
- Detailed information for selected block in Selection Info
- Detailed view for a selected block in each processing stage with values and actions
DEBUG
Dual View (open dependent bitstream), Debug YUV (Open debug YUV, Find First Difference), Delta
Debug
- Load an original uncompressed or decoded stream to debug the difference
- Dual view to synchronize actions over 2 similarly encoded streams
- Find first difference between Reference and Debug pixels
- View of bits in bitstream for Selected NAL/Frame/Block
- Detect, classify, display and navigate to a bitstream error or level incompliance
Syntax Info
Values of specified bitstream elements instruct the decoder to take action
Statistics
- Quotation from spec for each syntax element
- Whole bit stream & each separate frame statistics
- Extract syntax and statistical data to a file
Target audience
- Codec HW IP & SoC designers
- Codec SW developers
- Video Codec Validation & QA engineers
- Academic Researchers
Industry
- Semiconductor
- Broadcasting
- eSport
- Streaming service
- Social networks
- Software codecs development
- University and Higher Education
Technical characteristics
Supported elementary video formats:
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- HEVC: v.1 (ISO/IEC 23008-2 MPEG-H Part 2 or ITU-T H.265) , 8/10-bit
- HEVC: v.2 RExt extension, 8/10/12-bit
- HEVC SCC: according to SCM 8.5
- SHVC: according to SHM-12.1
- AV1: acc3f97753f67e0ce7290b98b7bb71152fe5e264
- VP9: Profile 0,1,2,3, 8/10/12-bit
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- AVC: H.264/AVC, ISO/IEC 14496-10, MPEG-4 Part 10, High profile, 8/10-bit
- MPEG2: (ISO/IEC 13818-2 Part 2), 8-bit
- VVC: H.266/VVC, based on VTM 11.0
- Containers: mkv, webm, mp4, mpeg2 ps/ts, avi, mmt
- Colors: BT601, BT709, BT2020
System requirements:
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Hardware:
1GB RAM minimum, 4GB recommended when loading 4K images -
Software:
- Microsoft: Windows 7+, 32 bit/64 bit
- MacOS: 10.12+
- Ubuntu, Linux: 16.04+
- SLES: 12+
- CenOS: 7.4+
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Perpetual License
You receive the software for “perpetual” use. We provide free software update for the first year and after that the support can be purchased annually.
Contact us Monthly/ Annual License
Monthly or annual ownership of the product. For customers who intend to use the software for a limited period and save on costs.
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