Media Tools

About this collection

Media Tools brings together 705 curated resources from across the video technology landscape. Notable topics include AI & Machine Learning Tools, Ads & QoE, Audio & Subtitles, and Audio Analysis & Processing.

Resources (showing 193–216 of 705)

• SimpleSSAI — server-side ad insertion serverAPI-driven server-side ad insertion stitching VMAP/VAST ads into HLS at segment boundaries.
• SVTA — Enhancing and Standardizing Server-Guided Ad InsertionStreaming Video Technology Alliance document on SGAI: how HLS Interstitials-based ad insertion works and where standardization gaps remain…
• threefive (SCTE35_threefive) — Maintained SCTE-35 Parser/EncoderActively maintained Python library to parse, decode and encode SCTE-35 in MPEG-TS, HLS and DASH, with base64/hex/int/JSON/XML I/O.
• Understanding HLS Interstitials and EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY in Ad InsertionEngineering comparison of HLS Interstitials against classic discontinuity-based SSAI splicing, with the practical tradeoffs of each approac…
• vast — Go VAST 4.2 parser/generatorGo library to generate and parse IAB VAST 4.2 ad documents.
• vast-2-sgaiConverts VAST XML ad responses into HLS interstitial AssetLists and DASH Alternative MPDs for Server-Guided Ad Insertion (SGAI).
• vast-client-jsOfficial Dailymotion JavaScript library for parsing VAST (up to version 6) ad tags with VASTTracker support.
• vast-playerBrowser VAST linear-creative ad playback library: ad tag requests, wrapper resolution, MediaFile selection, VPAID init, and tracking pixels.
• vast-vmapJavaScript library parsing IAB VAST 2.0/3.0 and VMAP 1.0 ad schemas with explicit tracking model (caller invokes track() rather than DOM wa…
• VASTlint — open-source VAST validator/inspectorOpen-source VAST ad-tag validator and inspector implementing IAB spec/XSD rules, shipped as Rust core with Go/Python/npm/VS Code extension…
• 2026 NFL Final: OTT Streaming Latency Beats Traditional Broadcast at ScaleThird-party measurement report comparing OTT vs DTH/DTV glass-to-glass latency across providers during a major live sports event, including…
• Akamai Stream ValidatorAkamai's Stream Validator is a tool designed to verify the integrity and compliance of streaming media, ensuring optimal playback across de…
• Artillery Plugin HLSLoad test HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) servers with Artillery 🎥
• Automated Channel TestingRoku Automated Channel Testing: Selenium-based WebDriver + Robot Framework + Samples
• Automated Testing on Deviceskey concepts and infrastructure
• AVRateAn open source modular Audio/Visual subjective evaluation test interface
• bdr-ssimu2Python/matplotlib tool computing SSIMULACRA2 BD-rate curves with average and harmonic-mean plots and temporal subsampling.
• Big Buck Bunny (4K UHD Demo)A short animated film by the Blender Foundation (2008). It's open content and commonly used as demo video footage for testing 4K, HDR, and…
• butteraugli (Rust port)Pure Rust port of Butteraugli from libjxl with XYB color, visual masking, and multi-scale bands, validated to within 0.001% of the referenc…
• CAMBI: A Banding Artifact DetectorNetflix Tech Blog article introducing CAMBI (Contrast-Aware Multi-scale Banding Index), a metric Netflix developed to automatically detect…
• CMCD Spec, Validator & Analyzer (CTA-WAVE)Official CTA-5004 Common Media Client Data spec repo including a CMCDv1 validator library and analyzer tool underlying QoE synthetic-test t…
• CMCD-DASH — CMCD-aware dash.js PoCProof-of-concept CMCD-aware dash.js player + HTTP server performing bandwidth allocation via CMCD data (NUS).
• cmcd-toolkit — CMCD v2 collector & analysisCMCD v2 collector for ingesting/analyzing Common Media Client Data beacons locally or on cloud, with a dash.js beacon module.
• Content Delivery Video Library (CDVL)An online library of test video content and sequences provided for researchers and developers to evaluate video processing and streaming te…