Files used for testing

This is list is still incomplete

These are some of the files I use to test VCS status, where to get them and why they're used:

Coral Reef Adventure WMV HD Sample, 1080p

• Showcases WMV9 at HD resolution
• Anamorphic 16:9 (1440×1080)
• 5.1 audio
• VCS (≤ 1.11) fails to detect correctly its length
  • vcs 1.11 detects it as suspect
• http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/musicandvideo/hdvideo/contentshowcase.aspx
• MD5 Hash: 1c31f9de6d1cd4d7303ca574c93c1449 ; 107766423 bytes

Angry Video Game Nerd: Ghostbusters Conclusion, GameTrailers QuickTime version (NSFW: swearing warning )

• SVQ3 (Sorenson video)
• VCS (≤ 1.11) fails to detect correctly its length
  • And vcs 1.11 didn't detect it as suspect
• http://www.gametrailers.com/video/angry-video-screwattack/18302
• MD5 Hash: 18b10acc031f293c67c015c01fd2cdc2 ; 103068814 bytes

Big Buck Bunny (short, CC-by)

• 720p DivX, with black borders
• Explicitly free to share and modify
  • Copyright: Blender Foundation | www.bigbuckbunny.org
• http://www.archive.org/details/BigBuckBunny_328
• MD5 Hash: 50ab441cfb44ab84e2db0d6eee1aefa9; 400455228 bytes

Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion) (clip, part of Open Source Movies)

• 1440x1080p Anamorphic
• I use it to test non-latin filenames handling (with the file changed to “Ginkaku-ji (銀閣寺).wmv”)
• http://www.archive.org/details/ligouHDR-HC1_japan
• MD5 Hash: f87090bcf00f3c80984abe9f3d772d5c; 141367948 bytes

Official codec sample pages:

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1425: SVQ1, M2V, 3GPP/3GPP2, M4V
• http://service.real.com/realplayer/test/: RV G2, RV8, RV9, RV10, RA G2, RA8
• http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/musicandvideo/hdvideo/contentshowcase.aspx: WMV9 HD
• http://www.on2.com/index.php?566 / http://www.on2.com/index.php?591: VP6

Other:

• http://media.xiph.org/video/derf/: Xiph.org standard samples (free & raw)

Bestiary:

• http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/V-codecs/

Rare bestiary:

• WMVA (VC-1 prerelease): http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/V-codecs/WMVA/ (NSFW)