Samples

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Samples

'Questions? Comments? See the discussion thread'

(Thanks to hdmkv for putting together these links)

Kodi users are a demanding bunch when it comes to media players with Kodi & having as-close-to-perfect video playback capabilities as possible. All videos should play smoothly and w/o distracting artifacts such as stutters, frame skips, improper framerates, macroblocking, and audio drop-outs.

Below is a collection of a/v clips for testing, pushing media player capabilities. Not all types, but the most widely used or critical types for home theater enthusiasts. Fair use is claimed on all non-copyleft clips, for the purposes of testing, technical evaluation, and documentation only.

Team Kodi samples

• http://kodi.tv/media-samples/

3D Test Clips

1. Frame-packed/MVC 3D ISO (1080p/23.976)
2. Frame-packed/MVC 3D MKV (1080p/23.976)
3. HSBS (side-by-side) (in MKV @ 1080p/23.976)
4. HTAB (top/bottom) (in MKV @ 1080p/23.976)

HD Audio Test Clips

Note: To download, hover over link:

• If demo-world, click to go to site, then right-click thumbnail of video there & choose 'Save link as...' to download
• For rest, just click

1. Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 (in MKV @ 1080/29.97p)
2. Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (use clip #5 in 'Codecs' section below)
3. Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (in MKV @ 1080/29.97p)
4. Dolby ATMOS 7.1 (in M2TS @ 1080/24p)
5. DTS-HD HR 7.1 (in MKV @ 1080/29.97p)
6. DTS-HD MA 5.1 (use clip #1 or #6 in 'Codecs' section below)
7. DTS-HD MA 7.1 (in MKV @ 1080/23.97p)
8. DTS:X 7.1 (in MKV @ 1080p/23.976) (thanks Bahndit)
9. LPCM 7.1 (in MKV @ 1080p/23.976)
10. AAC 5.1 and 7.1
11. FLAC 5.1 (use clip #3 in '3D Test Clips' section above)

Codecs and Framerates

1. H.264 1080p/23.976 (in MKV w/DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio)
2. H.264 1080p/24.000 (in MKV)
3. H.264 1080p/59.940 (in MKV)
4. H.264 1080p/60.000 (in MKV)
5. VC-1 1080p/23.976 (in MKV w/TrueHD 5.1 audio)
6. VC-1 1080i/29.970 (in MKV w/DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio)
7. MPEG2 1080i/29.970 (in MKV w/DD5.1 audio)
8. 1080i/25.000 (H.264 MKV)
9. 1080i/50.000 (download & change .mxf extension to .ts)
10. H.265 1080p (medium bitrate) Test #1 in ISO, and in MKV (thanks Mike for #10-11)
11. H.265 1080p (medium bitrate) Test #2 in ISO, and in MKV

4K (UltraHD)

Note: To download, hover over link:

• If demo-world, click to go to site, then right-click thumbnail of video there & choose 'Save link as...' to download
• For any YouTube video, use this free tool to download in original quality)

1. 23.976fps (in MP4) (YouTube)
2. 24fps (in MP4) (YouTube)
3. 25fps (in MP4) (YouTube)
4. 29.970fps (in MP4) (YouTube)
5. 59.940fps (in MKV)
6. 60fps (in MP4) (YouTube)
7. H264, up to 30fps (thanks hansolo for #7-12)
8. H264, 50-60fps
9. H265 8bit, up to 30fps
10. H265 8bit, 50-60fps (Unable to find as yet)
11. H265 10bit, up to 30fps
12. H265 10bit, 50-60fps

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 (in H.264 MKV)
• Birds (in H.264 MKV)

Resources for additional test clips and samples

• Team Kodi's own A/V samples
• CNXSoft's samples/links
• W6RZ MPEG2 clips
• Proper Video Levels & Color Spaces FAQ (thanks GrammatonKlerik)
• Demo World trailers (several directly linked to above)
• Imaging Resource 4K Samples (thanks Karnis)
• Demo UHD 3D (various H.265 & H.265 4K clips) (thanks wrxtasy)
• MplayerHQ's library (many clips)

Note: http://samples.mplayerhq.hu can even be added to Kodi as a video source, for easy loading, if you have a fast enough connection.

Library samples

Ned's fake movie library

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