MPEGTool: An X Window Based MPEG Encoder and Statistics Tool

In this paper, we describe MPEGTool, an X window based tool which can be used to generate an MPEG2 encoded bit stream for video sequences and to study the statistical properties of the encoded data. It is a very versatile tool that was designed to study the characteristics of variable bit rate video sources for transmission over ATM3 based BISDN4 . The tool, which has a window based graphical user interface, allows a user to specify several of the MPEG parameters such as the intraframe to interframe ratio, and the quantizer scale. The tool also includes a statistical package which allows the user to plot graphs of various statistics including bit distributions, ATM cell distributions, time series, autocorrelation functions and cell interarrival times.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1993
• Where: MM
• Authors: Toshiyuki Urabe, Hassan Afzal, Grace Ho, Pramod Pancha, Magda El Zarki
• Keywords: MM 1993, MPEG2 Encoded Bit, Multimedia, Variable Bit Rate, Window Based Tool