Tektronix MTS4CC User Manual

User Manual

MTS4CC Elementary Stream Compliance Checker

071-2075-00

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Software License Agreement.................................................................................v

Environmental Considerations.............................................................................vii

Preface..................................................................................................................ix

Related Material....................................................................................................ix

Manual Conventions..............................................................................................x

Number Conventions.............................................................................................x

User Documentation ..............................................................................................x

Getting Started

Overview..............................................................................................................1-1

Applications......................................................................................................... 1-3

Software, Hardware, and User Prerequisites................................................... 1-5

Installation and Licensing..................................................................................1-9

License Types ....................................................................................................... 1-9

Installing the MTS4CC Software.......................................................................... 1-9

Compression Standards and File Types..........................................................1-11

Supported Video Compression Standards...........................................................1-11

Supported Audio Compression Standards .......................................................... 1-18

Permitted Video Types/Formats .........................................................................1-20

Permitted Audio Types/Format...........................................................................1-28

Standards References..........................................................................................1-30

Operating Basics

How to Use the MTS4CC ...................................................................................2-1

Window Elements................................................................................................. 2-2

Starting to Use the MTS4CC................................................................................2-3

Main Menu .......................................................................................................... 2-12

File Menu...........................................................................................................2-13

Open Stream........................................................................................................2-13

Close Stream.......................................................................................................2-29

Save Video Stream As ........................................................................................2-30

Open Other..........................................................................................................2-31

Preferences.......................................................................................................... 2-31

Example Files......................................................................................................2-32

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Recent File ..........................................................................................................2-37

Exit......................................................................................................................2-37

Play Menu..........................................................................................................2-39

Audio Sounds Broken Up ...................................................................................2-41

Audio/Video Synchronization.............................................................................2-43

Play......................................................................................................................2-44

Fast Forward........................................................................................................2-45

Stop .....................................................................................................................2-45

Pause/Step Forward.............................................................................................2-46

Reverse Play........................................................................................................2-46

Fast Backward.....................................................................................................2-47

Pause/Step Backward..........................................................................................2-47

Skip Forward.......................................................................................................2-47

Skip Backward....................................................................................................2-48

Video Start Position ............................................................................................2-49

Continuous Play..................................................................................................2-49

Hold Last Frame..................................................................................................2-50

Pause on Frame ...................................................................................................2-50

Video Decoder Options.......................................................................................2-51

Audio Decoder Options.......................................................................................2-58

Mute audio ..........................................................................................................2-60

Synchronize audio...............................................................................................2-60

Overlay Menu....................................................................................................2-61

Summary Tooltips Manipulation ........................................................................2-62

Video Summary Tooltip......................................................................................2-64

MacroBlock Types..............................................................................................2-74

Motion Vectors....................................................................................................2-78

MB Statistics.......................................................................................................2-82

Overlay Color......................................................................................................2-86

Visual Difference ................................................................................................2-87

Luma Only ..........................................................................................................2-88

Blank Video ........................................................................................................2-88

Audio Summary Tooltip .....................................................................................2-89

Show Audio Waveform.......................................................................................2-91

Show Audio Frame Markers...............................................................................2-94

Show Sync Markers ............................................................................................2-94

Analysis Menu ...................................................................................................2-95

Enable Fidelity Trace..........................................................................................2-96

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Enable Fidelity Analysis...................................................................................2-102

View Video Stream Hex...................................................................................2-107

View Video Stream Structure...........................................................................2-114

View Video Buffer Analysis.............................................................................2-117

View Bits per Video Frame Analysis ............................................................... 2-128

View Fidelity Analysis......................................................................................2-131

View Fidelity Trace .......................................................................................... 2-134

Alert Menu....................................................................................................... 2-139

Alert Levels....................................................................................................... 2-140

Explanation of Fatal/Error/Warning/Info Display............................................2-141

Description of Alert Levels...............................................................................2-148

Configure Alerts................................................................................................2-150

View Alert Log.................................................................................................2-152

Status Bar Indication of Alert Status.................................................................2-159

Window Menu.................................................................................................2-161

Quickly Switch Windows .................................................................................2-161

Cascade, Tile, Arrange Icons, Close All........................................................... 2-162

Toolbars ............................................................................................................2-164

MacroBlock Types Color Key Tooltip ............................................................. 2-173

Status Bar.......................................................................................................... 2-174

Video Scale.......................................................................................................2-175

HexView Settings .............................................................................................2-176

Graph View Settings.........................................................................................2-178

Synchronize views ............................................................................................2-179

Active Views..................................................................................................... 2-179

Ctrl Shortcut Keys.............................................................................................2-180

Alt Menu Keys.................................................................................................. 2-181

Help Menu .......................................................................................................2-183

User manual (PDF) F1......................................................................................2-183

Tutorials (PDF).................................................................................................2-183

License manager ............................................................................................... 2-184

About MTS4CC................................................................................................ 2-184

Reference

Command Line/Batch Mode.............................................................................. 3-1

Command line mode.............................................................................................3-1

Batch mode ...........................................................................................................3-1

Running the MTS4CC in command line/batch mode........................................... 3-1

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Appendices

Glossary

Decoder Plugins for MTS4CC ...........................................................................3-9

Purpose of MTS4CC Decoder Plugins..................................................................3-9

Support of Decoder Plugins ..................................................................................3-9

Decoder Plugin File Layout on the CD...............................................................3-10

Format for Generating Decoder Plugins .............................................................3-11

Use of Decoder Plugins.......................................................................................3-11

Decoder Plugins..................................................................................................3-12

Tests of MTS4CC...............................................................................................A-1

Tests with MPEG-4 normative and donated bitstreams.......................................A-1

Bitstreams: Normative ISO..................................................................................A-2

Bitstreams: Donated \ I-VOP ...............................................................................A-3

Bitstreams: Donated \ Overall.............................................................................. A-3

Bitstreams: Donated \ Short Header.....................................................................A-4

Bitstreams: Donated \ P-VOP .............................................................................. A-5

Bitstreams: Donated \ Error..................................................................................A-8

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Preface

Related Material

This manual describes the functions and use of the Tektronix MTS4CC Elementary Stream Compliance Checker. The manual is organized into the following sections:

 Section 1: Getting Started  Section 2: Operating Basics  Section 3: Reference  Appendix A: Tests of MTS4CC  Glossary

Manual Conventions

Additional documentation, such as ReadMe files, may be included on the installation CD-ROM.

The following URLs access the Web sites for the standards organizations listed (the URLs listed were valid at the time of writing):

 MPEG-2 standards (International Organization for Standards)

http://www.iso.ch/

 DVB standards (European Technical Standards Institute)

http://www.etsi.org/

 ATSC standards (Advanced Television Systems Committee)

http://www.atsc.org/

Naming conventions for the interface elements are based on standard Microsoft Windows naming conventions. Naming conventions for MPEG-2, ATSC, and DVB structures follow the conventions derived from the referenced standards documents.

Mono-spaced text can indicate the following:

 Text that you enter from a keyboard

Example: Enter the network identity (http://TSMonitor01)

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Number Conventions

 Characters that you press on your keyboard

Example: Press CTRL+C to copy the selected text.

 Paths to components on your hard drive

Example: The program files are installed at the following location: C:\Program Files\Tektronix\

Within MTS4CC all numbers are decimal unless they are preceded by 0x, in which case they are hexadecimal.

For example:

 16 [decimal] = 16 decimal  0x16 [hexadecimal] = 22 decimal

User Documentation

The PDF version of this manual can be accessed from MTS4CC Help > User manual (PDF).

Tutorials are supplied as a separate PDF file that is accessible through the Help menu.

The PDF version of this manual and the tutorials are also on the installation CD-ROM.

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Overview

MTS4CC ES Compliance Checker is a powerful real-time analytical tool for the investigation of compressed video data that has been encoded using the H.264/AVC, MPEG-1/2, MPEG-4, VC-1, and H.263 video standards.

MTS4CC operates as a standalone software application for use on a personal computer (PC) in a Windows environment. It can also be installed on the MTS400 MPEG Test Systems.

MTS4CC enables the display, analysis, debug, and optimization of the compression algorithm or equipment:

 Next generation (VC-1, H.264/AVC, MPEG-4 and 3GPP) and Legacy

(MPEG-2, and H.263) CODEC support

 Frame-by-frame and block-by-block analysis to allow easy CODEC

comparison

 Audio decode and waveform display  Synchronized audio and video displays  Real-time and non real-time decoding and compliance checking of

compressed video streams (dependent on PC performance)

 Batch mode to allow automated testing  Extraction of elementary stream from transport stream  Available as single user local license for PC and Tektronix instruments

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Applications

This next generation compression ES analysis tool meets the needs of the following:

Equipment Manufacturers

 Semiconductor device designers and manufacturers  Video codec software and hardware developers and verification engineers  STB, PVR, and DVD consumer electronics developers and verification

engineers for cable, satellite, terrestrial, and IP applications

 Video conferencing and communications equipment developers, and

verification engineers

 Mobile video infrastructure and handset developers  Systems engineering and customer support staff

Video Content Transmission Distribution

 CODEC and equipment evaluation and comparison in cable, satellite,

terrestrial, and IP applications

 Network operators  Network equipment providers  Application and service providers  Streaming media applications

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Software, Hardware, and User Prerequisites

MTS4CC runs under the Microsoft Windows operating system and has been tested on:

 Windows XP (Home and Professional)  Windows 2000 Professional

MTS4CC is not supported under any other operating system.

Audio Playout

In order to extract and play audio streams in MTS4CC the PC requires an audio device, correctly configured.

Personal Computer Prerequisites

MTS4CC will work satisfactorily on relatively modest PC systems (for example 800 MHz).

However, in order to decode and display CIF (Common Intermediate Format) video streams in real time the following minimum PC configuration is recommended for MPEG-4 and H.263 format video:

 Processor speed >1.2 GHz  Memory at least 256 MB RAM  Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 (recommended)  500 MB minimum hard disk space

For H.264/AVC with CIF-size video (and larger) and MPEG-2 with D1-size video (and larger) the processing requirements are significantly higher and therefore a higher performance PC is required to display the video in real time: for these a PC with processor speed of at least 2.5 GHz is recommended.

When writing trace information to the hard disk, the limiting factor is the speed of the hard disk (regardless of the video standard), so the faster the better. Also, the video files can be large (hundreds of MB), so that a large hard disk is needed:

 Hard disk speed: at least - 7200 rpm  Hard disk size: as required for high-speed access to the video files to be

analyzed

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Software, Hardware, and User Prerequisites

CAUTION. Apart from those specifically authorized by Tektronix, there should be no other applications installed on the PC. If other applications are installed, it is possible that they may interfere with the operation of the MTS4CC software. Software operation cannot be guaranteed under these circumstances.

MTS400 MPEG Test Systems

You can install the MTS4CC on the Tektronix MTS400 family of MPEG test systems. The installation procedure is described in the Section 4.

User Prerequisites

The MTS4CC is sophisticated compliance checking software, which presents detailed information relating to the video and audio standards.

To operate this software, you should understand audio and video standards in significant detail and be able to interpret the information presented by the MTS4CC.

A list of references are provided (see Compression Standards and File Types, Section 2).

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MTS4CC Options

Table 1-1: License options

Item Option Description

MTS4CC - Base software Compliance Checker. Includes Command line

execution with report file output for batch mode operation. All container file types are included as standard. Includes English

manual and CD-ROM. PPD Parallel Port software key (dongle) USB USB software key (dongle) LUD Add MTS4CC to a current MTS400 MPEG Test

system software key; please provide serial

number of your software key with your order. MPG4 MPEG-4 Simple Profile (Levels 0 to 3), Advanced Simple Profile

(Levels 0 to 5), and H.263 MPG2 MPEG-2 Main Profile Main Level, 4:2:2 profile at Main Level, MPEG-2

Main Profile High Level, High Level 1440, and 4:2:2 profile at High

Level AVC H.264/AVC Baseline, Main, and Extended Profiles (Levels 1 – 5),

High Profile with FRExT (10 bit, 4:2:2, 4:4:4) VC1 VC-1 (all Profiles, all Levels) and ASF extraction FID Fidelity (PSNR) analysis and visual differencing

Note 1) At least one of the CODEC options MPG4, MPG2, AVC, and VC1 must be ordered.

Mandatory and mutually exclusive

Note 2) Full audio decode is enabled for any purchased video CODEC. Supported audio

CODECS are MPEG-2 Layer 1 & 2, AAC, HE AAC, and AC-3.

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Installation and Licensing

This chapter describes licensing and installation of MTS4CC.

License Types

To run MTS4CC, you will need a software key (dongle) with the correct license permissions.

Two types of software key are available; they perform the same function.

 Parallel port device - This plugs into the parallel port of your PC. If a printer

is already attached to the port, the software key should be inserted between the port and the printer connector.

 USB device - This plugs into a standard USB socket.

NOTE. The software key contains the MTS4CC license. If the software key is lost, you will have to purchase another software key, which may be at full list price of the software.

All options are visible in the installed MTS4CC menus. Options not enabled by the license will be unavailable (grayed out). The status and scope of the license can be checked at any time by clicking on the Help menu option License manager.

A node-locked license is locked to a particular PC, that is, MTS4CC will only run on the PC on which a software key is installed. When using node-locked licenses, each PC that is to run MTS4CC must have a separate node-locked license.

Installing the MTS4CC Software

1. Insert the MTS4CC installation CD.

NOTE. If the installation process does not start automatically, run setup.exe from the root directory of the installation CD.

2. At the bottom of the window showing the readme file, click the Install button

to start the installation.

3. The MTS4CC installation will continue. When finished, reboot the machine.

Ensure that the software key (parallel port or USB) is installed before starting MTS4CC.

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Compression Standards and File Types

This chapter provides:

 A description of the standards (and elements within those standards), that the

MTS4CC supports, both video and audio

 The file types that the MTS4CC can work with, both video and audio  The exact titles and numbers of the standards on which the MTS4CC is based

(For details of the given references, refer to the Standards References section on page 1-30.)

Supported Video Compression Standards

The video compression standards supported in this version of the MTS4CC are:

 H.264/AVC  VC-1  MPEG-4 Part 2  MPEG-2 Part 2  H.263

The MTS4CC will open container files (containing the above types of video):

 MPEG-2 Transport Stream (H.264/AVC, VC-1 Advanced profile, MPEG-2

Program Stream, MPEG-2 Packetized Elementary Stream, MPEG-2 Elementary Stream only)

 MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 2, H.263 Baseline only and H.264)  3GPP (MPEG-4 Part 2, H.263 Baseline only and H.264)  VOB/MPEG-2 Program Stream (MPEG-2 only)  Microsoft ASF files  RCV files

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Compression Standards and File Types

The MTS4CC will also open uncompressed video files: see Opening an Uncompressed Video File (any File Extension) in the Operating Basics section for more information.

The MTS4CC will also open audio files of the standards given in Supported Audio Compression Standards on page 1-18, and container files that have these types of audio within them.

NOTE. Not all container files support all types of audio listed under Supported Audio Compression Standards on page 1-18, see also Permitted Audio Types/Format on page 1-28.

H.264/AVC

This version of MTS4CC supports the following elements of the H.264/AVC standard (see Reference [13]).

H.264/AVC Profiles, Levels. The following Profiles and Levels are supported:

 Baseline Profile