<p>Here are a few resources I'm aware of.</p>

<ul>
<li>The <a href="https://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/vqeg/downloads.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Video Quality Experts Group</a> has a variety of test material available.</li>
<li><a href="https://peach.blender.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Big Buck Bunny</a>, with a CC license, is often used as a test asset.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.tek.com/picture-quality-analyzer" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tektronix</a> at least used sell some test assets to complement their monitoring tools.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.sri.com/engage/products-solutions/sarnoff-video-test-tools" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SRI</a> has several test patterns and compliance checking assets for sale.</li>
</ul>

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Thanks Michael! ... I still have bad memories of BBB after watching the start sequence a few hundred times long time ago :D.
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<p>I was wondering if anyone knows from where I could get a few (short) video  assets in high bitrate to check the quality output of a transcoder.</p>

<p>Some context: A few years ago I was working on a VOD project and the person who was configuring the transcoders had a set of 4 videos that really pushed the transcoder (e.g. very clear water ripples, a few bees on top of a yellow flower... and I cannot recall the other 2). I remember this person telling me that he had picked those videos as they pushed different aspects of transcoders, so I was wondering if there's something out there I could reuse.</p>

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<p>I haven't found so far a good set of free videos to push the transcoder, but I have found the following sources.</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://4kmedia.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">4k media</a>: Has quite a few free high bitrate 4k (30-60 fps) videos.   </li>
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Video Assets to test transcode quality
Augusto
# Video Assets to test transcode quality

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-01-10)

I was wondering if anyone knows from where I could get a few (short) video assets in high bitrate to check the quality output of a transcoder.

Some context: A few years ago I was working on a VOD project and the person who was configuring the transcoders had a set of 4 videos that really pushed the transcoder (e.g. very clear water ripples, a few bees on top of a yellow flower... and I cannot recall the other 2). I remember this person telling me that he had picked those videos as they pushed different aspects of transcoders, so I was wondering if there's something out there I could reuse.

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I haven't found so far a good set of free videos to push the transcoder, but I have found the following sources.

* [4k media](https://4kmedia.org/): Has quite a few free high bitrate 4k (30-60 fps) videos.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-01-11. Score: 1

Here are a few resources I'm aware of.

* The [Video Quality Experts Group](https://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/vqeg/downloads.aspx) has a variety of test material available.
* [Big Buck Bunny](https://peach.blender.org/), with a CC license, is often used as a test asset.
* [Tektronix](https://www.tek.com/picture-quality-analyzer) at least used sell some test assets to complement their monitoring tools.
* [SRI](https://www.sri.com/engage/products-solutions/sarnoff-video-test-tools) has several test patterns and compliance checking assets for sale.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks Michael! ... I still have bad memories of BBB after watching the start sequence a few hundred times long time ago :D.  

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