VideoWall Bench: A Benchmark for Evaluating Hardware Accelerated Video Decoding on Linux

• Main Author: Hamzah, Muhammad Amirul Syahmi
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS 2012
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/6297/1/Muhammad%20Amirul%20Syahmi%20Bin%20Hamzah%2012703%20Dissertation%201.4%20.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/6297/

VideoWall Bench is a benchmark script for benchmarking video decoding capabilities using hardware acceleration on Linux. Intel has introduced Video Acceleration API (VA-API) which enabled and provides access for graphics hardware to do hardware acceleration. VA API provides a set of video decoders (Codecs) for the H.264 video standards. Multiple video decoding using video wall methodology is a method of benchmarking that be implemented in this script. Using this method, users can really stress the multiple video decoding capabilities of one platform and at the same time measure processor usage for video decoding process. VideoWall Bench benchmark video decoding performance by measuring processor utilization, memory utilization, total frame rate per second (FPS) and time fluctuation in video decoding process. Additionally, VideoWall Bench also includes set o