Picture quality meter — No-reference video artifact detection tool

The demand for a wide range of video and multimedia applications is growing extremely fast in recent years. In such a diverse usage of digital video, there is a need for reliable video quality assessment by different parties involved in video content delivery to end users. While video quality assessment methods are gaining quite considerable attention in scientific research, practical tools for video quality assessment are still rare. This article presents Picture Quality Meter, an application for real-time no-reference video artifact detection that can be used in different scenarios like video equipment testing, network monitoring, video hardware/software development and scientific research. The application has some unique features allowing user customization in terms of used no-reference methods, giving the user deeper insight into the obtained results and easier usage when dealing with in field video equipment testing.