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http://dx.doi.org/10.5909/JBE.2019.24.6.1085

Subjective Video Quality Evaluation of H.265/HEVC Encoded Low Resolution Videos for Ultra-Low Band Transmission System  

Uddina, A.F.M. Shahab (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyung Hee University)
Monira, Mst. Sirazam (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyung Hee University)
Chung, TaeChoong (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyung Hee University)
Kim, Donghyun (Agency for Defense Development)
Choi, Jeung Won (Agency for Defense Development)
Jun, Ki Nam (LIG Nex1)
Bae, Sung-Ho (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyung Hee University)
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Journal of Broadcast Engineering / v.24, no.6, 2019 , pp. 1085-1095 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we perform a subjective quality assessment on low-resolution surveillance videos, which are encoded with a very low target bit-rate to use in an ultra-low band transmission system and investigate the encoding effects on the perceived video quality. The test videos are collected based on their spatial and temporal characteristics which affect the perceived quality. H.265/HEVC encoder is used to prepare the impaired sequences for three target bit-rates 20, 45, and 65 kbps and subjective quality assessment is conducted to evaluate the quality from a viewing distance of 3H. The experimental results show that the quality of encoded videos, even at target bit-rate of 45 kbps can satisfy the users. Also we compare objective image/video quality assessment methods on the proposed dataset to measure their correlation with subjective scores. The experimental results show that the existing methods poorly performed, that indicates the need for a better quality assessment method.
Keywords
Subjective Video Quality Evaluation; HEVC; Ultra-Low Band Transmission System;
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