Due to some problems that might occur during installation of Evalvid on Ubuntu, I have provided a tutorial to illustrate how to install evalvid on Ubuntu 10.10 without any problem.

1. Install Evalvid On Ubuntu
10.10
Ali MasudianPour
2012, August
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2. Tips
• Evalvid is a Framework for Video Transmission and Quality
Evaluation
• To avoid any problems please follow the mentioned steps
carefully.
• In experience any kind of little mistake could cause a problem.
• You have to download and install all the following packages
according to the content.
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3. Download Prerequisites
• sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
• sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev xulrunner-1.9.2-dev libfreetype6-
dev libjpeg62-dev libpng12-dev libopenjpeg-dev libmad0-dev
libfaad-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libtheora-dev liba52-0.7.4-
dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev
libxv-dev x11proto-video-dev libgl1-mesa-dev x11proto-gl-dev
linux-sound-base libxvidcore-dev libwxbase2.8-dev libwxgtk2.8-
dev wx2.8-headers libssl-dev libjack-dev libasound2-dev
libpulse-dev libsdl1.2-dev dvb-apps
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4. Download Prerequisites
• sudo apt-get install libssl0.9.8
• sudo apt-get install zlib
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5. Gpac
• wget
http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/project/gpac/GPAC/
GPAC%200.4.5/gpac-0.4.5.tar.gz
• wget
http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/project/gpac/GPAC%20ex
tra%20libs/GPAC%20extra%20libs%200.4.5/gpac_extra
_libs-0.4.5.tar.gz
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6. Gpac
• tar -zxf gpac-0.4.5.tar.gz
• tar -zxf gpac_extra_libs-0.4.5.tar.gz
• cd gpac_extra_libs/
• cp -r * ../gpac/extra_lib
• cd ../gpac
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7. Install
• chmod +x configure
• ./configure
• make lib
• sudo make apps
• make install lib
• make install
• /usr/bin/MP4Box –version
• sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgpac-dev
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8. Download Evalvid
• You can select these versions of evalvid
• http://www2.tkn.tu-berlin.de/research/evalvid/EvalVid/evalvid-
2.7.tar.bz2
• Evavid 2.7
• http://www2.tkn.tu-berlin.de/research/evalvid/EvalVid/evalvid-
2.6.tar.bz2
• Evavid 2.6
• http://www2.tkn.tu-berlin.de/research/evalvid/EvalVid/evalvid-
2.5.tar.bz2
• Evavid 2.5
• http://www2.tkn.tu-berlin.de/research/evalvid/EvalVid/evalvid-
2.4.tar.bz2
• Evavid 2.4
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9. Install Evalvid
• Sudo ./configure
• Sudo make
• Sudo make install
• Everything is done!
• Now you can use the following statements:
• Psnr
• Mos
• Mp4trace
• And etc…
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10. End
• Any problems?
• Contact me: masudianpour@aol.com
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