How To Choose Video Sequences For Video Quality Assessment

This paper presents recommended techniques for choosing video sequences for subjective experiments. Subjective video quality assessment is a well understood field, yet scene selection is often limited by content availability. The Consumer Digital Video Library (www.cdvl.org) is a solution. Task oriented subjective testing is a newer field than entertainment oriented testing that may require a different approach to scene selection. We describe three different task-based investigations currently underway: performance requirements for public safety equipment, how quality affects comprehension of sign language over a video link, and how video affects oral comprehension over an audiovisual link. Recommendations for scene selection for two types of testing are given. The impact of experiment design will be considered. An example 1080i 29.97fps video sequence set is presented.