Method and system for assessing the quality of a video transmission over a network

A system for assessing quality of a video transmission over a network between a transmitting side and a receiving side, the system comprising:

• a transmitting side computer device including a transmitting device at the transmitting side;
• a receiving side computer device including a receiving device at the receiving side;
• the transmitting side computer device connected to the receiving side computer device via the network;
• the receiving side computer device configured to receive a video stream generated at the transmitting side and transmitted via the network to the receiving side,
• the receiving side computer device configured to analyze the video stream by comparing the video stream received with the video stream as originally transmitted;
• the video stream as originally transmitted being known to the receiving side;
• and
• the receiving side computer device configured to generate and output a quality score for the video stream received based on the comparing of the video stream received with the video stream as originally transmitted.

A communication apparatus for assessing quality of a video transmission comprising:

• a receiving side computer device including a receiving device;
• the receiving side computer device configured to receive a video stream generated at a transmitting side and transmitted to the receiving side computer device via a network,
• the receiving side computer device configured to analyze the video stream received by comparing the video stream received with an originally transmitted video stream that is known to the receiving side computer device;
• and
• the receiving side computer device configured to generate and output a quality score for the video stream received based on the comparing of the video stream received with the originally transmitted video stream.