An apparatus for testing codec software includes a processor unit operative to execute a test program to read input data from a memory unit, to transform the input data according to transformation conditions by referring to data of the transformation conditions stored in the memory unit, and to generate a plurality of transformed data sets for storage in the memory unit, operative to execute a codec program to perform a plurality of encoding processes in parallel with respect to the plurality of transformed data sets stored in the memory unit to generate a plurality of encoded data sets, and to perform a plurality of decoding processes in parallel with respect to the plurality of encoded data sets to generate a plurality of decoded data sets, and operative to execute the test program to evaluate quality of at least one of the encoded data sets and the decoded data sets.