Test Content & Sample Streams
Browse 46 curated test content & sample streams resources for video development on Awesome Video.
Resources
- 100-4K (BVI-1004K) Test Sequence Dataset100 open UHD test sequences aggregated from Netflix Chimera, UVG, SJTU, and AWS sources, cropped/normalized for ML video-coding research.
- 240pTestSuite_HCFR — Display Test Patterns240p Test Suite HCFR patterns for geometry, luminance, gamma, latency, and display calibration.
- AOMedia AV1 test dataAOMedia's public AV1 conformance test-data bucket of reference bitstreams for decoder validation.
- AVT-VQDB-UHD-1TU Ilmenau large-scale UHD-1 (4K) video quality database (~55GB) with included download tooling.
- Argon Streams AV1 — Decoder Conformance Suite (VideoLAN Mirror)No-login mirror of Graphcore's open-sourced AV1 conformance suite: 2763 bitstreams with MD5 digests, runnable via dav1d's dav1d_argon.bash.
- Bitmovin Test StreamBitmovin's Test Player allows users to experience their HTML5 video player demo, showcasing adaptive streaming capabilities.
- 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…