fiee 15(3): e3

Research Article

H.264 QoS and Application Performance with Different Streaming Protocols

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  • @ARTICLE{10.4108/icst.mobimedia.2015.259061,
        author={Sanna Laine and Ismo Hakala},
        title={H.264 QoS and Application Performance with Different Streaming Protocols},
        journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on Future Intelligent Educational Environments},
        volume={1},
        number={3},
        publisher={EAI},
        journal_a={FIEE},
        year={2015},
        month={8},
        keywords={qos, qoe, h264, streaming protocols, rtsp, rtmp, hls},
        doi={10.4108/icst.mobimedia.2015.259061}
    }
    
  • Sanna Laine
    Ismo Hakala
    Year: 2015
    H.264 QoS and Application Performance with Different Streaming Protocols
    FIEE
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/icst.mobimedia.2015.259061
Sanna Laine1,*, Ismo Hakala1
  • 1: University of Jyvaskyla
*Contact email: sanna.laine@chydenius.fi

Abstract

Streaming techniques, including the selected streaming protocol, have an effect on the streaming quality. In this study, the performance of three different streaming protocols in a disturbed communication channel is evaluated with a modified version of the FFPlay player. A H.264 encoded video is used as a test sequence. The number of displayed image frames, the frame rate and playout duration are used as objective metrics for QoS. The metrics brings out differences of streaming protocols in our test environment. They are measured at the application level and have a connection to the user experience.