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To be notified of TestVid news as soon as it occurs, please fill in the contact form and send it to us. New set of 2D video test sequences at US frame rates Uncompressed HD and SD video at 59.94 and 29.97 (progressive and interlaced)- with audio
TestVid has just released the brand new T2V013 Europe3060 'Tvids' test set: video test clips designed specifically for testing the quality of video encoders, filmed and produced at the right frame rates to meet requirements in North America. Tvids are not standard stock footage, but were filmed, edited and documented for the sole purpose of evaluating video encoders. They are designed to stress video encoders in many ways, by providing a wide range of subjects including 'difficult' video such as fast scene changes, reflections, lots of detail, night-time highlights, hand-held camera, varying focus, varying contrast.. The T2V013 Europe3060 set includes 35 different video scenes, at each at 1080p59.94 (at both 4:2:2 / 10-bit and 4:2:0 / 8-bit), 1080 interlaced 29.97 (at both 4:2:2 / 10-bit and 4:2:0 / 8-bit), 720p60, 720p30 and NTSC resolutions. Provided on USB hard drive, the T2V013 Europe3060 clip set comprises nearly 1.5 TeraBytes of high quality uncompressed video, plus associated audio. T2V013 Europe3060 is intended both for broadcasters and for broadcast equipment manufacturers (such as server or encoder companies), to give full test coverage of just about any type of video feature that an encoder is likely to encounter. For example, Tvids are great:
As well as the video itself, Tvids are fully documented, so it is easy to find video which will stress a codec in many ways. Although supplied uncompressed, Tvids can be easily played out in real-time on SDI - see the white paper on real-time YUV play-out or ask TestVid.
About Tvids Divided into test 'sets', each Tvids set has a specific purpose and each clip is provided at multiple resolutions. With over 2,000 clips in the 9 test sets currently available - 2D and 3D stereoscopic, comprising over 25 hours of video - a total of over 6 Terabytes - extraordinary test coverage is provided. From the standard HD resolutions of 1080p, 1080i and 720p, to lower resolutions - from 80x60 and web sizes up to NTSC/D1 PAL, as well as high resolution hard to obtain 10-bit, 12-bit and 14-bit, 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 video, as well as 2K and 4K D-Cinema sizes - the video sets cover just about every size and type of video needed. And, unusually for video test clips, all of the Tvids come with audio (after all, how often do you see a program with no sound?). Tvids were all produced by personnel expert in video compression, understanding what can be hard or slow for an encoder to deal with and what can take an inefficient encoder a lot more bits to encode. To aid the engineer user, every clip is extensively documented - 70 features are noted, such as scene content, global and subject motion, colors and contrast, properties such as focus & depth-of-field and sound. This makes it easy for a user to find the clips that contain grainy night-time video, or water, or text, or whatever the video type is that causes the encoder trouble. Tvids were designed for both users - such as broadcasters - and codec developers. (See the website application pages for broadcasters and codec developers).
World’s first comprehensive 3D stereoscopic test sequences Uncompressed separate Left + Right high quality HD & D-Cinema sequences- with audio
At the IBC exhibition, Amsterdam (10-14 Sept.) TestVid will be launching the World’s first comprehensive 3D stereoscopic video test sequences designed specifically for testing the quality of video codecs - T3D003 Europe. There is very little 3D content available - and most of what is available comprises commercial movies, which are only available compressed at relatively modest bit-rates, and cannot be freely used for demos and tests. T3D003 Europe solves this problem: it comprises more than 60 pairs of uncompressed Left + Right video sequences, in HD and 2K D-Cinema formats, with the usage rights to do tests, trade shows, public demos - even use on websites. T3D003 Europe is intended both for broadcasters and for broadcast equipment manufacturers (such as server or encoder companies), to give full test coverage of just about any type of 3D video feature that an encoder is likely to encounter. For example, 3D Tvids are great:
As well as the video itself, 3D Tvids are fully documented, so it is easy to find video which will stress a 3D codec in many ways, with a wide range of subjects including 'difficult' video such as fast scene changes, reflections, lots of detail, night-time highlights, hand-held camera - and the issues specific to 3D such as inter-ocular and convergence, alignment, matching camera parameters, lenses. Provided on USB hard drive, the T3D003 Europe clip set comprises over 1/2 TeraByte of high quality uncompressed video, plus associated audio, and is the first of several planned 3D stereoscopic test sets. Although supplied uncompressed, 3D Tvids can be easily played out in real-time on SDI - see the white paper on real-time YUV play-out or ask TestVid.
About Tvids Divided into test 'sets', each Tvids set has a specific purpose and each clip is provided at multiple resolutions. With 1,925 clips in the 7 test sets currently available, comprising over 20 hours of video - a total of nearly 5 Terabytes - extraordinary test coverage is provided. From the standard HD resolutions of 1080p, 1080i and 720p, to lower resolutions - from 80x60 and web sizes up to NTSC/D1 PAL, as well as high resolution hard to obtain 10-bit, 12-bit and 14-bit, 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 video, as well as 2K and 4K D-Cinema sizes - the video sets cover just about every size and type of video needed. And, unusually for video test clips, all of the Tvids come with audio (after all, how often do you see a program with no sound?). Tvids were all produced by personnel expert in video compression, understanding what can be hard or slow for an encoder to deal with and what can take an inefficient encoder a lot more bits to encode. To aid the engineer user, every clip is extensively documented - 70 features are noted, such as scene content, global and subject motion, colors and contrast, properties such as focus & depth-of-field and sound. This makes it easy for a user to find the clips that contain grainy night-time video, or water, or text, or whatever the video type is that causes the encoder trouble. Tvids were designed for both users - such as broadcasters - and codec developers. (See the website application pages for broadcasters and codec developers).
May 2010 Synthetic HD Video Test Clips at 30 and 60 fps Takes total of video test clips to nearly 2,000 clips! (That’s over 20 hours - with audio)
TestVid has just released the brand new T2V016 Synth3060 'Tvids' test set: HD synthetic video test clips designed specifically for testing the quality of video encoders, produced at 30 and 60 frames per second specifically to meet requirements in North America. Tvids are not standard stock footage, but were filmed, edited and documented for the sole purpose of evaluating video encoders. They are designed to stress video encoders in many ways, by providing a wide range of subjects including 'difficult' video such as fast scene changes, reflections, lots of detail, night-time highlights, hand-held camera, varying focus, varying contrast.. The T2V016 Synth3060 set includes 50 different synthetic video scenes, at each at 720p30, 720p60, 1080p30, 1080p60 and 1080i60 resolutions. These scenes have precisely controlled motion, colour, brightness, opacity,... so that these clips can be used to measure the performance of an encoder with defined motion, colour, etc. The clips comprise a coordinated set where the complexity gradually increases, from slow simple motion of test-card objects and video to highly rapid motion, colour, feature, texture and shape changes of complex objects. Applications for broadcasters include comparing the quality, speed and efficiency of encoders, video servers and other similar equipment; codec developers would use these to optimize an encoder. (Application pages are provided for both these areas.) Provided on USB hard drive, the T2V016 Synth3060 clip set comprises nearly 3/4 of a TeraByte of high quality uncompressed video, plus associated audio. About Tvids Divided into test 'sets', each Tvids set has a specific purpose and each clip is provided at multiple resolutions. With 1,925 clips in the 7 test sets currently available, comprising over 20 hours of video - a total of nearly 5 Terabytes - extraordinary test coverage is provided. From the standard HD resolutions of 1080p, 1080i and 720p, to lower resolutions - from 80x60 and web sizes up to NTSC/D1 PAL, as well as high resolution hard to obtain 10-bit, 12-bit and 14-bit, 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 video, as well as 2K and 4K D-Cinema sizes - the video sets cover just about every size and type of video needed. And, unusually for video test clips, all of the Tvids come with audio (after all, how often do you see a program with no sound?). Tvids were all produced by personnel expert in video compression, understanding what can be hard or slow for an encoder to deal with and what can take an inefficient encoder a lot more bits to encode. To aid the engineer user, every clip is extensively documented - 70 features are noted, such as scene content, global and subject motion, colors and contrast, properties such as focus & depth-of-field and sound. This makes it easy for a user to find the clips that contain grainy night-time video, or water, or text, or whatever the video type is that causes the encoder trouble. Tvids were designed for both users - such as broadcasters - and codec developers. (See the website application pages for broadcasters and codec developers).
April 2010 TestVid launches 18 hours of Video Test Clips! New clips specifically for testing quality of video encoders - with audio
TestVid will be launching at NAB the brand new 'Tvids': an unparalleled set of video test clips designed specifically for testing the quality of video encoders. Tvids are not standard stock footage, but were filmed, edited and documented for the sole purpose of evaluating video encoders. They are designed to stress video encoders in many ways, by providing a wide range of subjects including 'difficult' video such as fast scene changes, reflections, lots of detail, night-time highlights, hand-held camera, varying focus, varying contrast.. Divided into test 'sets', each set has a specific purpose and each clip is provided at multiple resolutions. With 1,675 clips in the six test sets being launched at NAB, comprising over 18 hours of video - a total of nearly 4 Terabytes - extraordinary test coverage is provided. From the standard HD resolutions of 1080p, 1080i and 720p, to lower resolutions - from 80x60 and web sizes up to NTSC/D1 PAL, as well as high resolution hard to obtain 10-bit, 12-bit and 14-bit, 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 video, as well as 2K and 4K D-Cinema sizes - the video sets cover just about every size and type of video needed. And, unusually for video test clips, all of the Tvids come with audio (after all, how often do you see a program with no sound?). Although audio is not the main purpose of the test clips, it does allow an encoder user or manufacturer to easily see if audio-visual sync is lost during the encode process. Tvids were all produced by personnel expert in video compression, understanding what can be hard or slow for an encoder to deal with and what can take an inefficient encoder a lot more bits to encode. To aid the engineer user, every clip is extensively documented - 70 features are noted, such as scene content, global and subject motion, colors and contrast, properties such as focus & depth-of-field and sound. This makes it easy for a user to find the clips that contain grainy night-time video, or water, or text, or whatever the video type is that causes the encoder trouble. Tvids were designed for both encoder users - such as broadcasters - and encoder developers. For example, a broadcaster who has to decide which encoder to buy, or if the latest software upgrade to their current encoders really is an upgrade. Or is maybe experimenting with D-Cinema and needs content to try. Or a development engineer who needs a wide range of defined-content video to try at different resolutions, or to know if the encoder slows down to less than real time when dealing with a lot of detail or a fast zoom, or any of a host of other video issues. Tvids will be launched on the VidCheck booth N4019 at NAB 2010 in Las Vegas, April 12-15.
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