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IEEE Network Special Issue on Advancements in Network-Assisted Video Streaming: Optimization and Performance Analysis

IEEE Network Special Issue on Advancements in Network-Assisted Video Streaming: Optimization and Performance Analysis Download CfP Call for Papers Network-assisted video streaming has become a substantial part of modern multimedia applications, enabling users to access high-quality video content over different … Continue reading

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All-intra rate control using low complexity video features for Versatile Video Coding

IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2023 8-11 October 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Conference Website [PDF] Vignesh V Menon (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Anastasia Henkel (Fraunhofer HHI Berlin), Prajit T Rajendran (Universite Paris-Saclay), Christian R Helmich (Fraunhofer HHI Berlin), Adam Wieckowski (Fraunhofer … Continue reading

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JND-aware Two-pass Per-title Encoding Scheme for Adaptive Live Streaming

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (IEEE TCSVT) Journal Website [PDF] Vignesh V Menon (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Prajit T Rajendran (Universite Paris-Saclay, France), Christian Feldmann (Bitmovin), Klaus Schoeffmann (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Mohammad Ghanbari (University of Essex, UK), and Christian … Continue reading

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QoMEX’23: Are Quality and Sustainability Reconcilable? A Subjective Study on Video QoE, Luminance and Resolution

The 15th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX) June 20-22, 2023 – Ghent, Belgium https://qomex2023.itec.aau.at/ [PDF][Slides] *** Diversity and Societal Impact Award *** Gülnaziye Bingöl (University of Cagliari), Alessandro Floris (University of Cagliari), Simone Porcu (University of Cagliari), … Continue reading

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QoE- and Energy-aware Content Consumption For HTTP Adaptive Streaming

14th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (MMSys) 7 – 10 June 2023 | Vancouver, BC, Canada Conference Website [PDF][Slides][Poster] Daniele Lorenzi (AAU, Austria) Abstract: Video streaming services account for the majority of today’s traffic on the Internet, and according to recent … Continue reading

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Just Noticeable Difference-aware Per-Scene Bitrate-laddering for Adaptive Video Streaming

IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME), 2023 10-14 July 2023, Brisbane, Australia [PDF] [Slides] Vignesh V Menon (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Jingwen Zhu (Nantes Universite), Prajit T Rajendran (Universite Paris-Saclay), Hadi Amirpour (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Patrick Le Callet (Nantes Universite),  and Christian Timmerer (Alpen-Adria-Universität … Continue reading

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Optimizing Video Streaming for Sustainability and Quality: The Role of Preset Selection in Per-Title Encoding

IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) 10-14 July 2023, Brisbane, Australia [PDF] Hadi Amirpour (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Vignesh V Menon (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Samira Afzal (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), Radu Prodan (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt),  and Christian Timmerer (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt) Abstract: HTTP Adaptive Streaming … Continue reading

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