Getting started
Zond 265 is a professional product and a powerful toolset which allows a user to easily identify visual artifacts or bitstream compliance problems, see the video encoding elements. This software from Solveig Multimedia is designed for a comprehensive analysis of the video streams. (see supported file formats).
In this section:
- Distinction between Windows, Linux and Mac OS versions: The explanation of difference between Zond 265's Windows, Linux and Mac OS versions
- Supported file formats, codecs and platforms: The list of file formats that Zond 265 can handle
- System requirements: Minimum and recommended system requirements for Zond 265
- Keyboard shortcuts: The list of keyboard shortcuts
Distinction between Windows, Linux and Mac OS versions
Zond 265 is available in Windows, Linux and Mac OS.
You can compare these editions in the table below.
| Feature | Operating system | ||
| Win | Linux | Mac, site | |
| HEVC VES support | + | + | + |
| AVC VES support | + | + | |
| MPEG2 VES support | + | + | |
| AV1 VES support | + | + | |
| EVC VES support | + | + | + |
| Transport Stream support | HEVC, MPEG2 | HEVC | HEVC, MPEG2 |
| MP4 support | HEVC, AVC, MPEG2, AV1 | HEVC | HEVC, AVC, MPEG2, AV1 |
| fMP4 support | HEVC, AVC, MPEG2, AV1 | HEVC, AVC, MPEG2, AV1 | |
| YUV view support | + | ||
| Y4M view support | + | ||
| Bitstream, NAL unit headers and fields | + | + | + |
| CU/MB block structure and parameters view | + | + | + |
| Transform matrices view for CU | + | + | + |
| Grids: Slices boundaries, Tile boundaries, Prediction partitions, Transform partitions, Motion vector. Compression details grids: Quantization Parameter, Reference Index, Bits | + | + | + |
| Reports Generation: (All formats) File info, Bitstream headers, Frame statistics, Quality. (HEVC only) Errors, CTU/CU/PU info, Manual HRD timeline, HRD timeline | + | + | + |
| Check conformance to codec specification (HEVC only) | + | + | + |
| Encoder toolset info (EVC only) | + | + | + |
| DPB preview (HEVC only) | + | + | + |
| Quality metrics calculation: (All formats) PSNR, MSSIM, VMAF (AVC only) No-reference PSNR | + | + | + |
| HRD buffer size statistics chart (Not supported for EVC) | + | + | + |
| Bitrate histogram (Not supported for EVC) | + | + | + |
| Bitstream HEX view (HEVC, AVC only) | + | + | + |
| Interlaced frames support (HEVC, AVC only) | + | + | + |
| Intra prediction mode view for intra blocks in Motion Vector grid (Not supported for MPEG2) | + | + | + |
Supported file formats, codecs and platforms
Zond 265 supports the following media file formats:
- VES
- MPEG TS
- MP4
- fragmented MP4
Supported codecs by Zond 265 are:
- HEVC (H.265)
- EVC
- AVC (H.264)
- AV1
- MPEG-2
Supported platforms:
- Windows
- Linux
- Mac OS
System requirements
Software Requirements
- Windows: 7, 8, 10
- Linux Ubuntu, debian-based: 16.04 (for x86 versions), 20.04 and above (for x64 versions)
- Mac OS: 10.10 and above
Hardware Requirements
- CPU: Core i7 920 or newer
- RAM: 4GB or more
- Any VGA card
- About 180 MB of free disk space
Keyboard shortcuts
Some procedures in the Zond 265 can be done using
shortcut keys. Using these shortcut keys you can do some tasks faster.
The table below provides the list of operations that you can perform
using keyboard shortcuts.
Hot Keys of Zond 265:
| Operation | Shortcut key |
| First frame | Home, Ctrl + Shift + Left |
| Last frame | End, Ctrl + Shift + Right |
| Previous frame | (Left) |
| Next frame | (Right) |
| Edit decoding order frame index | (Ctrl + Shift + S) |
| Edit output order frame index | (Ctrl + Shift + D) |
| Edit frame time | (Ctrl + Shift + T) |
| Open reference file | (Ctrl + Alt + R) |
| Open file | (Ctrl + O) |
| Switch to binary data view in Hex tab | (Ctrl + Shift + 2) |
| Show/Hide Hex tab | (Ctrl + Shift + H) |
| Show/Hide PSNR Video quality map | (Ctrl + Alt + Q) |