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#include "iqa.h"

/* MSE(a,b) = 1/N * SUM((a-b)^2) */
float iqa_mse(const unsigned char *ref, const unsigned char *cmp, int w, int h, int stride)
{
    int error, offset;
    unsigned long long sum=0;
    int ww,hh;
    for (hh=0; hh<h; ++hh) {
        offset = hh*stride;
        for (ww=0; ww<w; ++ww, ++offset) {
            error = ref[offset] - cmp[offset];
            sum += error * error;
        }
    }
    return (float)( (double)sum / (double)(w*h) );
}