Benchmarking Conventional and Learned Video Codecs (Low-Delay)
Academic study benchmarking VVC VTM, JVET ECM, libaom AV1, AVM and neural DCVC codecs in low-delay config with BD-rate on PSNR/SSIM/VMAF.
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