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TablebelowlistssomeoftheperceptualqualitymetricsreportedbyVQmon/HD,
includingacceptablerangesforeach.(AcompletelistanddescriptionoftheTVQM
VideoQualityMetricsreportedbyVQmon/HDisprovidedinAppendixC.)
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A.2.3.1 MeanOpinionScores(MOS)
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VQmon/HDreportsestimatedMeanOpinionScores(MOS)forpicturequality
(MOS‐V),audioquality(MOS‐A),andmultimediaquality(MOS‐AV)foreach
monitoredvideostream.MOSscoresrangefrom1to5,with1considered
“Unacceptable”and5“Excellent.”MOSscoresarereportedasinstantaneous(per‐
frame),minimum,maximum,andaveragevalues.IntervalMOSscoresarealso
reportedasinstantaneousandaveragevalues.
Forpicturequality,VQmon/HDreportsbothRelativeMOS‐VandAbsoluteMOS‐V
scores:
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