Subject: [codec] Reminder: Semi-formal codec quality testing

From: Michael Knappe <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:09:57 -0700

As discussed at IETF78, it would be great to see a number of organizations / corporations donate time and effort to participate in ‘semi-formal’ audio quality testing of the output of this working group. This would not be a paid activity, and would require each organization to provide a suitable listening environment and playback equipment chain for their testing. My estimate is that a reasonable controlled playback environment can be put together for approximately 5-10K, but many organizations interested in this activity are likely to already possess the bulk of the setup. The benefits for participants in this activity are considerable – most notably ‘first floor’ involvement in what should become a significant milestone in the evolution of internet communications.

If you’re interested, please email back so I can get an estimate of the number of independent test sites we’ll eventually have, and we’ll begin the process of collaborating on the mailing list to put together source material, test cases, etc.

Cheers,

Mike