Video and multimedia performance evaluation-a beginning perspective

The broadband, intelligent networks currently being planned are intended to transport video and multimedia services as well as speech services. The need for new knowledge about customers' opinions of the transmission impairments that occur with the new video and multimedia services is discussed. The results obtained from three subjective viewing tests of Bellcore versions of Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) 1 and MPEG 2 compatible compression algorithms are described. The need for new tools and procedures to develop multimedia performance evaluation method is discussed.<<ETX>>