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对比传统与神经视频编码的画质评估,发现现有指标仍有效。

Evaluating Video Quality Metrics for Neural and Traditional Codecs using 4K/UHD-1 Videos

  • 用主观测试对比四种编码器在4K/UHD-1下的画质表现。
  • VMAF和AVQBits|H0|f与主观评分相关性最强,FasterVQA在无参考指标中表现最佳。
  • PSNR在同视频序列内跨编码器比较中排名相关性最高,适合细粒度分析。

随着神经视频编码(NVCs)作为传统压缩方法的有前景替代方案兴起,评估现有画质指标是否仍适用于其性能评价变得日益重要。然而,鲜有研究通过精心设计的主观测试系统性地探讨这一问题。本文采用两个传统编码器(AV1 和 VVC)及两个神经视频编码器变体(DCVC-FM 与 DCVC-RT),对六段4K/UHD-1、60fps、时长8-10秒的源视频,在360p至2160p四个分辨率下,使用九个不同QP值进行编码,共生成216个视频序列,并由30名参与者在受控环境下完成主观评分。基于这些结果,评估了一系列全参考、混合型及无参考画质指标对所诱导质量退化适用性。客观评估结果显示,VMAF与AVQBits|H0|f表现出强皮尔逊相关性,FasterVQA在无参考指标中表现最佳;此外,PSNR在跨编码器的同一序列内部比较中展现最高斯皮尔曼秩相关性。值得注意的是,所测试指标在传统与神经视频编码器间未表现出显著可靠性差异。数据集(包含源视频、编码视频、主观评分及质量指标得分)将遵循开放科学原则公开发布(https://github.com/Telecommunication-Telemedia-Assessment/AVT-VQDB-UHD-1-NVC)。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

With neural video codecs (NVCs) emerging as promising alternatives for traditional compression methods, it is increasingly important to determine whether existing quality metrics remain valid for evaluating their performance. However, few studies have systematically investigated this using well-designed subjective tests. To address this gap, this paper presents a subjective quality assessment study using two traditional (AV1 and VVC) and two variants of a neural video codec (DCVC-FM and DCVC-RT). Six source videos (8-10 seconds each, 4K/UHD-1, 60 fps) were encoded at four resolutions (360p to 2160p) using nine different QP values, resulting in 216 sequences that were rated in a controlled environment by 30 participants. These results were used to evaluate a range of full-reference, hybrid, and no-reference quality metrics to assess their applicability to the induced quality degradations. The objective quality assessment results show that VMAF and AVQBits|H0|f demonstrate strong Pearson correlation, while FasterVQA performed best among the tested no-reference metrics. Furthermore, PSNR shows the highest Spearman rank order correlation for within-sequence comparisons across the different codecs. Importantly, no significant performance differences in metric reliability are observed between traditional and neural video codecs across the tested metrics. The dataset, consisting of source videos, encoded videos, and both subjective and quality metric scores will be made publicly available following an open-science approach (https://github.com/Telecommunication-Telemedia-Assessment/AVT-VQDB-UHD-1-NVC).

视频编码画质评估神经编码主观测试

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