StreamEye

StreamEye is an application dedicated to in-depth video analysis, displaying a complete visual representation of encoded streams and allowing professionals to compare one or more videos to the last detail.

The application is compatible with MPEG-2 transport and program streams, MPEG 1/2, AVC/H.264, HEVC/H.265 video streams, as well as MP4 and MKV files. Although it sports an intuitive interface, the data it shows should only be read and interpreted by experienced users in the video compression field.

StreamEye performs an in-depth analysis of the loaded video file and generates a bar chart and a thumbnail timeline that allow a user to navigate through the encoded stream, so as to allow efficient and fast debugging. You also get an overview of the type and size of each frame, alongside information regarding the coded units, boundaries, quantizers, motion vectors, bit sizes and so on. The area chart is a representation of the bit distribution.

Aside from video specifications, StreamEye displays the decoded, predicted, unfiltered and residual data, allowing fast saving of the obtained information. It also shows the bitstream headers, their offset and bit size.

For each loaded video stream, the application can generate the bit distribution, reference frames and the decoder video buffer parameters, also allowing you to calculate the estimated peak signal to noise ratio (or in short, E-PSNR). It enables you to view the reference raw data and compare it to the loaded video stream.

The software integrates a hex viewer that illustrates offset data and a stream viewer that enables you to view the offset sequence in text mode.

With its comprehensive stream visualization and video analysis toolbox, StreamEye allows users to get a complete overview on the structure of a video. It comes in handy for standard compliance checking and video compression inspection.

It allows the analysis of video containers and the way they were encoded, which makes it a must-have utility for any user interested in video coding.