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videoatagivenbitrateundernolosscondition,aswellasunderlossconditionsasdescribed
below.VQmon/HDautomaticallyadjusts thevideostreameffectivebitratebasedontheGOP
structureoftheencodedvideostream.
A.1.3 ImpactofSubjectiveFactorsonPerceptualQuality
Thedegreetowhichviewersfindvideoimpairme
ntsannoying—ornoticethemat
all—dependsinpartontheseverityanddurationoftheimpairmentevents,butalsoon
certaininherentcharacteristicsofhumanperception.Thesametypeofimpairmentmaybe
extremelyirritatingorbarelynoticed,dependingonfactorssuchasthescenecontentwhen
theerrortakesplace,
andwhetheritoccursaloneorsimultaneouslywithotherimpairments.
A.1.3.1 VideoContent
Thevisibilityofvideoproblemsdependspartiallyonthescenecontent;forexample,
framefreezestendtobemuchmorenoticeableinsequencescontaininghighlevelsofmotion
thaninrelativelystaticscenes,suchasfootageofatelevisionnewsanch
or.VQmon/HD
performscontentandsceneanalysis,detectinglevelsofdetail,motion,andpanning,andcan
detectandprovidealertsforcontentproblemssuchasnoise/snowandframefreezes.Scene
analysisdataisleveragedtoincreasetheaccuracyofVQmon/HD’sestimatedperceptual
qualityscores.
A.1.3.2 TemporalPhenomen
a:ReactionTime,MaskingandRecencyEffects
Perceptualqualityisaffectedsomewhatbyanaturaldelayinhumanreactiontime
whenimpairmentsoccur,orwhenqualityimprovesafteraperiodofdegradation;i.e.,the
viewer’sreactiontoeithereventisnotimmediate.Aswithaudio,whentwoormore
impairments
occursimultaneously(orinrapidsuccession),therecanbea“masking”effect
thataffectsthewayviewersperceivetheseverityofqualitydegradation.Inaddition,a
“recency”phenomenonexists,whereinviewerstendtoperceiveimpairmentsasmoresevere
whentheyoccurredrecently,butarewillingto“forgive”themtosomeextentastimepasses.
VQmon/
HD’squalityanalysisalgorithmconsidersthesetemporalphenomenainorderto
calculateperceptualqualityscoresthatcorrelateasaccuratelyaspossibletoscoresobtained
fromsubjectivetestsofliveviewers.
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