Video Performance Metric Assessment of Coding Standards H.264/AVC and MPEG-4
Andreja B. Samčović · International Journal of Future Computer and Communication · 2024
This paper presents a comprehensive video quality assessment that focuses on the comparison of two predominant video coders, H.264/AVC and MPEG-4, particularly at very low resolutions pertinent to web-based applications and security cameras. Objective quality metrics such as Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR) and Structural Similarity Index Measure (SSIM) were employed to evaluate the performance of these coders. Through experimental analysis, it was observed that H.264/AVC offered superior performance over MPEG-4 in terms of both PSNR and SSIM values. This result underscores the efficiency of H.264/AVC in scenarios where high-quality video is essential, despite bandwidth or storage constraints.