[Your Name/Affiliation] Date: April 14, 2026 Subject: Digital Media Engineering / Streaming Analytics

| Metric | OpenH264 | x264 | |--------|----------|------| | PSNR (dB) | 38.2 | 42.7 | | SSIM (0–1) | 0.912 | 0.961 | | Encoding time (real-time factor) | 0.23× | 1.45× | | Decode CPU usage (ARM Cortex-A76) | 14% | 19% |

OpenH264 is an open-source implementation of the H.264/AVC (Advanced Video Coding) standard, maintained by Cisco Systems and released under the BSD 2-Clause License. It is widely used in video conferencing (e.g., WebRTC), streaming platforms, and embedded systems due to its low patent risk and cross-platform compatibility.