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(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, as their the purpose is only for testing, technical evaluation, and documentation.

Team Kodi samples

• http://kodi.tv/media-samples/

3D Test Clips

1. Full MVC 3D ISO #1 (1080p/23.976)
2. Full MVC 3D ISO #2 with 3D Subtitles (1080p/23.976)
3. Full MVC 3D ISO #3 for Pop-out & Depth Evaluation (1080p/23.976)
4. Full MVC 3D MKV (1080p/23.976)
5. HSBS (side-by-side) (in MKV @ 1080p/23.976)
6. 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
• For DTS:X sample below, MediaInfo does not show 'X' designation after extracting segment via MKVToolNix; will need to wait for tool to be updated

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 #5 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 7.1 (in MKV @ 1080p/23.976) (thanks Bahndit)
14. LPCM 5.1 (in MKV @ 1080p/23.976) (thanks wesk05)
15. LPCM 7.1 (in MKV @ 1080p/23.976)
16. AAC 5.1 and 7.1
17. FLAC 5.1 (use clip #5 in '3D Test Clips' section above)

Codecs, Framerates and Subtitles

1. H.264 1080p/23.976 (in MKV)
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. 1080p/25.000 (H.264 MKV)
10. 1080i/50.000 (download & change .mxf extension to .ts)
11. 1080p/50.000 (H.264 MKV)
12. H.265 1080p (medium bitrate) Test #1 in ISO, and in MKV (thanks Mike for #10-11)
13. H.265 1080p (medium bitrate) Test #2 in ISO, and in MKV
14. 2D Forced Subtitles Sample #1 (SRT)
15. 2D Forced Subtitles Sample #2 (PGS)
16. 3D Subtitles (use clip #2 in '3D Test Clips' section above)

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, 51Mbps (hdmkv's iPhone 6S 4K clip)
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
13. UltraHD HDR 10bit HEVC, 24fps
14. VP9 (open-source alternative to HEVC) (YouTube)
15. 5K (5120x2700) (in MP4 @ 60fps) (YouTube)
16. 8K (7680x4320) (in MP4 @ 29.970fps) (YouTube)
17. 4K Test Patterns (in MP4 @ 30fps) (YouTube) (thanks hansolo)

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

• CNXSoft's samples/links
• W6RZ MPEG2 clips
• Demo World trailers (several directly linked to above)
• 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)

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

See also

• Video levels and color space