General Tools

About this collection

General Tools brings together 514 curated resources from across the video technology landscape. Notable topics include API Libraries & SDKs, Build Scripts & Automation, Case Studies & Best Practices in DRM, and Command-line Utilities & Wrappers.

Resources (showing 457–480 of 514)

• CTA WAVE Mezzanine Test Content GeneratorGenerates mezzanine source content with per-frame QR codes embedding timing metadata, enabling frame-accurate device playback measurement.
• CTA WAVE Test Content GenerationScripts and sparse-matrix configuration that generate the official CTA WAVE CMAF test vectors, validated against the DASH-IF conformance to…
• CTA-WAVE dpctf-deploy — device test suiteCTA-WAVE Streaming Media Test Suite (Devices): MSE/EME/CMAF test content and local content server for device conformance.
• DASH & HLS Sample StreamsCollection of sample streams in DASH and HLS formats provided by Bitmovin for testing adaptive bitrate streaming implementations and player…
• DemoVideosCollection of IPR-free MP4 sample videos (Big Buck Bunny variants, Elephants Dream) under CC-Attribution, freely reusable commercially.
• Dolby Audio SampleA collection of Dolby test content available in different streaming protocols.
• Eyevinn Streaming SamplesA collection of HTTP streaming samples curated by Eyevinn, available for testing and development.
• Eyevinn tsgen-svcTransport Stream Generator: an ffmpeg microservice producing MPEG-TS test streams with burned-in timecode and wall-clock for latency measur…
• HDR-JNDNet10 4K-UHD 10-bit HDR test clips in BT.2020 PQ, YCbCr 4:2:0, prepared for JND/quality research.
• HDR-VDCHDR viewing-distance/distortion dataset with 16 reference and 132 SVT-AV1-encoded test videos at 4K/1080p/720p.
• HEVC-Projects/CPHCU-partition dataset with 111 raw test sequences (JCT-VC classes A-E, 1080p set, Xiph-sourced) for HEVC research.
• JVET VVC (H.266) conformance bitstreamsOfficial JVET archive of VVC/H.266 conformance bitstreams (.bit/.md5/.opl packages) for decoder validation.
• JVET VVC Trac — Conformance Bitstream TrackerJVET issue tracker for VVC conformance, with pointers to VTM reference software and the official conformance bitstream sets.
• Kodi Wiki — Sample Media Files (incl. Dolby Vision)Curated sample media files including Dolby Vision HEVC FEL Profile-7 test clips for player testing.
• List Of StreamsCommunity list of public test streams for HLS and DASH.
• MCML 4K UHD Video Quality Database10 reference and 240 distorted YUV sequences coded with AVC/HEVC/VP9 for UHD video quality research, with one-line download script.
• SJTU 4K Test Video SequencesFifteen 4K test sequences in YUV 4:4:4 10-bit and 4:2:0 8-bit released for academic codec research and evaluation.
• SVT Open Content — 4K HDR Reference MaterialSwedish Television's open test content: 3840x2160p50 "Natural Complexity" set in lossless EXR/JPEG2000 with ACES/Rec.2100/Rec.709 grades, p…
• StreamsA repository of shared streams - no media uploads.
• Subjective Dataset for Multi-Screen Video Streaming QoEAcademic dataset and code with QoE ratings collected across TV/tablet/mobile screens at various streaming bitrates.
• UVG Dataset — Ultra Video Group 4K/120fps Test Sequences16 raw 4K sequences at 50 and 120 fps in 8/10-bit 4:2:0 YUV plus HEVC encodes, widely used for codec benchmarking (CC BY-NC).
• Xiph.Org Test Media on AWS Open Data RegistryS3-hosted mirror of the Xiph test media collection, enabling fast bulk retrieval of uncompressed reference sequences.
• Xiph.org :: Test MediaRepository of royalty-free test media files and sample streams for video development and testing.
• Xiph.org derf's Test Media CollectionXiph's canonical uncompressed Y4M SD/HD test sequences (akiyo, foreman, CrowdRun, ParkJoy) used across compression research.