Test Videos: 4K (UHD), Bitrate tests, sample clips

4K UHD Test Clips

1. 4K Test Patterns (in MP4 @ 30fps) (YouTube) (thanks hansolo)
2. 23.976fps (in MP4) (YouTube)
3. 24fps (in MP4) (YouTube)
4. 25fps (in MP4) (YouTube)
5. 29.970fps, 51Mbps (hdmkv's iPhone 6S 4K clip)
6. 59.940fps (in MKV)
7. 60fps (in MP4) (YouTube)
8. H264, up to 30fps (thanks hansolo for #8-12)
9. H264, 50-60fps
10. H265 8bit, up to 30fps
11. H265 10bit, up to 30fps
12. H265 10bit, 50-60fps
13. HDR 10bit HEVC, 24fps
14. HDR 10bit HEVC, 59.940fps
15. VP9 (open-source alternative to HEVC) (YouTube)
16. 5K (5120x2700) (in MP4 @ 60fps) (YouTube)
17. 8K (7680x4320) (in MP4 @ 29.970fps) (YouTube)

Bitrate Test Clips

Media players should be able play 70Mbps or better smoothly, w/o stutters for full 1080p, and 108-128Mbps for full 4K

• Jellyfish, up to 400Mbps (in H.264 and H.265 HEVC MKV) (thanks ScottAllyn01 for your useful site)
• Birds, up to 90Mbps (in H.264 MKV or M2TS)

Resources for Additional Test Clips or Samples

• Big Buck Bunny (test suite with 2D, 3D and 4K clips)
• CNXSoft's samples/links
• W6RZ MPEG2 clips
• The Digital Theater (several Dolby ATMOS clips)
• Demo World trailers (several directly linked to above)
• AVC High 10 Profile Anime Samples (thanks Morien)
• 4Ksamples.com (movie, sport, nature clips in 4K)
• Jacob + Katie Schwarz: We See the World in 4K (beautiful 4K nature videos) (YouTube)
• Imaging Resource 4K Samples (thanks Karnis)
• Demo UHD 3D (various H.265 & H.265 4K clips) (thanks wrxtasy)
• x265 HEVC Samples
• Evosia Studios (several beautiful 1080p to 4K films)
• libde265 (1080p to maxed-out 4K samples) (thanks Martijn)
• Timestorm Films (4K to 8K videos)
• MplayerHQ's library (many clips)

HD Audio Test Clips

1. Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 (in M2TS @ 1080p/29.970) (thanks wesk05)
2. Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 Channel Check (in MKV @ 1080p/29.970)
3. Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (use clip #10 in 'Codecs' section below)
4. Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Channel Check (in MKV @ 1080p/29.970)
5. Dolby ATMOS 'Amaze' Demo (in M2TS @ 1080p/24.000)
6. Dolby ATMOS '747' Audio Demo (in M2TS @ 1080p/29.970 with DD+ 5.1 secondary track) (thanks movie78)
7. Dolby ATMOS 'Helicopter' Audio Demo (in M2TS @ 1080p/29.970 with DD+ 5.1 secondary track) (thanks movie78)
8. DTS-HD HRA 5.1 (in MKV @ 1080p/23.976 VC-1)
9. DTS-HD HRA 7.1 (in MKV @ 1080p/29.970)
10. DTS-HD MA 5.1 Channel Check (in M2TS @ 1080p/23.976)
11. DTS-HD MA 7.1 Speaker Phase (in MKV @ 1080p/23.976)
12. DTS-HD MA 7.1 'Dredd' Audio Channel Check (in M2TS @ 1080p/23.976) (thanks looun)
13. DTS:X 'All Around Us' Demo (in MKV @ 1080p/23.976) (thanks wesk05)
14. DTS:X 'Gravity' Demo (in M2TS @ 1080p/23.976) (thanks wesk05)
15. DTS:X 'Movement' Demo (in M2TS @ 1080p/23.976) (thanks wesk05)
16. LPCM 5.1 (in MKV @ 1080p/23.976) (thanks wesk05)
17. LPCM 7.1 (in MKV @ 1080p/23.976)
18. AAC 5.1
19. FLAC 5.1 (use clip #5 in '3D Test Clips' section above)

Library samples

A zipped collection of 1,000 empty movie files, with NFO files, poster, and fanart for each entry. Various movies from different years, including sequels/sets, remakes, movies named the same but unrelated, various genres, and so on. Useful for testing things like library scanning speed, library navigation, filtering, etc.

• https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2340692/XBMC_stuff/Test%20video%20library.zip

See also

• Video levels and color space