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On the Compression Performance of HEVC, VP9 and AV1 Encoders for Virtual Reality Videos

POLÁK, L. KUFA, J. KRATOCHVÍL, T.

Original Title

On the Compression Performance of HEVC, VP9 and AV1 Encoders for Virtual Reality Videos

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

Thanks to advances in display technologies and affordable end user devices, interest in Virtual Reality (VR) and related multimedia content, namely 180° and 360° images and videos, has been rapidly increasing in recent years. For effective delivery of a video in such format, compression algorithms with high efficiency are vital. In this paper, the outputs of a subjective-based compression performance study of recent (HEVC and VP9) and emerging (AV1) video coding formats for 180°/360° videos are presented. Viewers’ Quality of Experience (QoE) is assessed by subjective tests utilizing Absolute Category Rating with Hidden Reference (ACR-HR) protocol. In addition, these tests, wherein two different Head Mounted Devices (HMDs) from Oculus were used, are extended with a custom questionnaire that helps to better understand observers’ experience and feelings with VR. Results revealed that not only the quality levels (bit rates) of the compressed 180°/360° videos have influence on the viewers’ perceived QoE. perceived QoE.

Keywords

virtual reality, video coding and processing, subjective evaluation techniques, Quality of Experience

Authors

POLÁK, L.; KUFA, J.; KRATOCHVÍL, T.

Released

27. 10. 2020

Location

France (Paris)

ISBN

978-1-7281-2150-5

Book

15th International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB)

Pages from

1

Pages to

5

Pages count

5

URL

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9379878

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT165780,
  author="Ladislav {Polák} and Jan {Kufa} and Tomáš {Kratochvíl}",
  title="On the Compression Performance of HEVC, VP9 and AV1 Encoders for Virtual Reality Videos",
  booktitle="15th International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB)",
  year="2020",
  pages="1--5",
  address="France (Paris)",
  doi="10.1109/BMSB49480.2020.9379878",
  isbn="978-1-7281-2150-5",
  url="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9379878"
}