GstPEAQ – an Open Source Implementation of the PEAQ Algorithm
In 1998, the ITU published a recommendation for an algorithm for objective measurement of audio quality, aiming to predict the outcome of listening tests. Despite the age, today only one implementation of that algorithm meeting the conformance requirements exists. Additionally, two open source implementations of the basic version of the algorithm are available which, however, do not meet the conformance requirements. In this paper, yet another non-conforming open source implementation, GstPEAQ, is presented. However, it improves upon the previous ones by coming closer to conformance and being computationally more efficient. Furthermore, it implements not only the basic, but also the advanced version of the algorithm. As is also shown, despite the nonconformance, the results obtained computationally still closely resemble those of listening tests.