scope:

This recommended practice specifies the procedures for testing the conformance of VC-5 encoder and decoder implementations to SMPTE ST 2073-1 and the test materials used for conformance testing.

The test materials used for conformance testing comprise:

1. Reference decoder for testing bitstreams created by implementations of a VC-5 encoder for compliance with SMPTE ST 2073-1 (see Section 6.2);

2. Bitstreams and reference images for testing implementations of a VC-5 decoder for compliance with SMPTE ST 2073-1 (Annex A).

Although not required for conformance testing, the test materials include a sample encoder (Section 6.3), the images used by the sample encoder to create the bitstreams used for conformance testing (Section 6.6), a program for converting between image formats (Section 6.4), and a program for comparing image files (Section 6.5).

The image file formats used by the sample encoder, reference decoder, and utility programs are described in Section 7. Procedures and scripts that can be used for conformance testing are described in Section 8. The criteria for conformance to SMPTE ST 2073-1 are specified in Section 9.

The test materials are described in Section 6. Instructions for installing and building the programs and contact information for submitting bug reports are provided in a separate document included in the test materials distribution.