Welcome to media.xiph.org, a repository for freely-redistributable test sets. We use these to test our codecs, and hope you will too.
These clips were provided by Kira Schaffer at Firebelly Productions.
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Firebelly chain torches [4:3 | 179 frames ]
Flaming torches at dusk. Fast motion, low contrast, and nasty interlacing artifacts. The ppm files have been cropped and rescaled a bit, so if you want to try deinterlacing, you'll want to work with the original dv version. Source: Kira Schaffer. |
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Firebelly by moonlight [4:3 | 314 frames]
Spitting fire; moonlight on water. Noisy, varying brightness, handheld camera. Interlacing artifacts. Includes a zoom. Source: Kira Schaffer. |
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A jester in the forest [4:3 | 294 frames]
Forested area of a park. Long zoom and pan with natural textures. Source: Kira Schaffer. |
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Gothism [4:3 | 811 frames]
Slow movement, subtle textures, but they're nearly lost in the noise. Longer clip. You may want to brighten this one a bit. Source: Kira Schaffer. |
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Firebelly torch swinging [4:3 | 1000 frames]
A longer clip similar to 'chains' above. Slower movement, same contrast and interlacing artifacts. Source: Kira Schaffer. |