Content-dependent video quality model for video streaming services

摘要

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for estimating the perceived quality of a digital video signal, preferably in the context of video streaming services such as Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) or Video on Demand (VoD), and in particular for content-dependent estimations of the perceived quality of a digital video signal by providing content-complexity parameters, and by controlling existing or future parameter-based video quality estimation methods by the provided content-complexity parameters. The invention is designed for encrypted video streams, but also works on non-encrypted video streams.