Audio Quality Metrics Cheat Sheet

One page: which kind of metric to use, a PESQ/POLQA/ViSQOL/PEAQ comparison, the facts that catch people, and the CI discipline.

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Audio for Video: A Complete Guide to Sound in Video Products: From Jitter Buffers and Lip Sync to Atmos, Quality Metrics, and Neural Codecs

This audio quality metrics cheat sheet compares PESQ, POLQA, ViSQOL and PEAQ, lists the facts that trip people up and sets CI rules. Volume 5 covers audio quality metrics in depth, including MUSHRA listening tests, plus neural codecs and incident diagnosis by symptom. Written by Nikolay Sapunov, CEO at Fora Soft.

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