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MA-4600 — MPEG-4 and H.264 Bitstream Analyzer |
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| Most Recent Release: v2.2.2 (August, 2006) |
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Mindego develops software tools to help technical professionals work more productively and knowledgeably with international media standards. The Mindego Analyzer is a commercial software application designed with these goals in mind, providing discovery, analysis and measurement capabilities for stored MPEG-4 media data. The Mindego Analyzer is a MPEG-4 and AVC analyzer (H.264 analyzer) in one package. |
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The Mindego Analyzer gives media professionals the ability to analyze and explore data files coded to the MPEG-4 (ISO/IEC 14996) specification and related industry interoperability guidelines, such as ISMA and 3GPP, that incorporate elements of the MPEG-4 standard. The software operates on the Windows platform. Its purpose is to provide fast, yet comprehensive insight into the structure, contents and coding of MPEG-4 files and bitstreams. |
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The MA-4600 is a full-featured media file and bitstream analyzer, designed by and for MPEG-4 technical professionals. In addition to MP4 file format, MPEG-4 video, and AVC bitstream browsing capabilities the 4600 offers syntactic and semantic tests for conformance, buffer analysis, and in-depth analysis at the macroblock level. |
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Product Overview 
The Mindego Analyzer 4600 (MA-4600) is a comprehensive software tool for analyzing stored MPEG-4 media data. With the analyzer you can open MPEG-4 files and/or raw MPEG-4 and AVC video elementary streams (VES) and comprehensively view their contents. The analyzer presents an orderly and interactive view of the contents of the file and individual streams, performs a variety of syntactic and semantic checks for standards compliance, and provides controls to examine video coding values at the macroblock and motion vector levels. The MA-4600 operates on the Windows platform
The MA-4600 is designed for use by MPEG-4 professionals —those with experience as well as those in the early stages of their learning curve. Its purpose is to help media processing engineers and technicians verify the conformity of their coders, troubleshoot problems, and pinpoint areas for improvement and optimization. Furthermore, its intended to help decoder developers, testers, systems integrators, and service technicians discover and analyze potential problems with source media streams.
The MA-4600 enables quick and simple navigation through the various elements of the file. A hierarchical tree view displays the objects contained in an MP4 file. Clicking on an object allows you to examine the object in detail. For video streams a picture timeline display provides a visual reference and fast random seeking of video objects from any location in the stream. Drilling down deeper, users can examine the structure of each picture in a step-through fashion, observing value readings for macroblock type, motion vector coding, quantizer distribution, and other variables.
The Mindego Analyzer 4600 is an essential component in the tool kit of any organization involved in the development or assembly of MPEG-4 and AVC/H.264 products and systems. From time to time, Mindego will introduce updated versions of the application, extending its utility, range and functionality.
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New in 2.2 (June, 2006)
Current MA-4600 users who have not updated their working software to v2.2, contact Mindego technical support to request the update: support@mindego.com
New Features:
- Command-Line Compliance Verifier Tool
- Audio/video timing analysis
- NAL distribution graph
- Macroblock data filtering
- Bit distribution for selected macroblock
- Error reference to standards document
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Major Features
File and Stream Support
- MP4 file format (ISO 14496:1, ISO 14496:14)
- 3GPP file format
- ISO base media file format (parsing only)
- MPEG-4 video ES and contained in MP4, AVI, ASF, QuickTime files
- AVC video ES and contained in MP4, AVI, MPEG-2 TS files
- Advanced Audio coding (AAC, HE-AAC) in MP4, 3GPP files
- MPEG-4 Video (ISO 14496:2)
- Profiles Supported: Simple (L0-L3), Advanced Simple Profile (L0-L5), short video header
- Object type: rectangular
- AVC/H.264 Video (ISO 14496:10)
- Profiles Supported: Main , Baseline, Extended (all levels)
- ARIB TR-B14
Operational Characteristics
- Pass-through mode
- Conformance checks
- Stream level statistics collection
- Hand-controlled picture by picture analysis mode
- Side-by-side video stream comparison
- Visual-aided random access to any location in stream
- Multiple file view and batch analysis
- Elementary stream extraction facility
Analysis & Verification
- MPEG-4 video conformance checks per ISO/IEC 14496:4
- Profile specific checks for MPEG-4 Part 2 SP, ASP
- AVC video conformance and profile checks
- AAC and HE-AAC audio conformance checks
- MPEG-4 meta data analysis
- Native file format type analysis (MP4, 3GPP, ISO)
- MPEG-4 v1.0 conformance checks
- ISMA conformance checks (v1.0)
- 3GPP conformance checks
- MPEG-2 transport stream checks
- Reconstructed IODS, OD, AUs, ESDS in MP4 file
- Object Descriptor stream data display
- Header field data presentation
- MPEG-4 Part 2: VOL, VOP, GOV
- MPEG-4 Part 10: PPS, SPS, SEI, Picture Type
- Macroblock level analysis
- MB header data, type and bit distribution
- Quantizer level distribution
- DCT, coded DCT, and IDCT values
- Picture overlay on MB grid
- Motion vector display on MB grid
- Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR) variation
- AVC slice arrangement, MB and sub-MB partitioning
- Coding tools analysis
- I, B, P analysis
- AC/DC prediction
- Method 1, Method2 quantization
- 4-MV, Unrestricted and Direct Mode
- Half-pel, quarter-pel support
- Data partitioned based coding
- Video packet based coding
- Interlaced coding
- AVC: CABAC, CAVLC, entropy coding
- VBV buffer analysis (MPEG-4 video, AVC)
- Graphing capabilities
- Bitrate charting
- Picture by picture bit distribution
- Quantization graph
- PSNR reading over selected range of pictures
- Hex/Binary display for VOP and Macroblock data
- Video frame count information
Graphical Interface Features
- Structured data display and navigation control
- File contents tree view
- Picture Header data, Stream Statistics and Activity Log windows
- Fast random seeking from any location in stream
- Structured error and information reporting
- Video player window
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Minimum Requirements
- 1Ghz or faster Intel?-compatible computer
- Microsoft ? Windows ? 2000 or Windows XP
- CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
- 256MB RAM or higher
- 2GB+ HDD with at least 500MB of available hard-disk space
- Color monitor capable of displaying thousands of colors at 1024 x768 resolution
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Macroblock Level Analysis |
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VBV Buffer Analysis |
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