.h264 sample file

Question

I'm currently using files here, but I get some errors while testing my program. I just want to see if it fails only with this one or with all other .h264 files. So, are there any other sources where I can download (standard) .h264 sample files for test ?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Option 1: make your own with x264. These are not standard sample files, but you can control which parts of H.264 they use, for example different profile/level/etc, make them I-frame-only, make them have only a particular macroblock type, etc. Also you can make them tiny, e.g. one or a few frames long.

Option 2: perhaps the JM software comes with some sample files? http://iphome.hhi.de/suehring/tml/

Option 3: if you want to test a large number of files, download some random trailers etc in mp4 formar and demux them to get raw .h264 (for example with ffmpeg -vcodec copy)

Answer 2

This is a classic movie for such testing: Big Buck Bunny