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Nintendo Maniac 64 · 12th May 2014, 23:27

2016 UPDATE: Sorry, the download and image links are down. If I ever get around to making a new test upload or something, I'll probably redo them.

It's important to note however that the higher-quality fmt22 AVC encodes no longer exist - they're now identical to the non-HFR 720p DASH AVC encode (except in a non-DASH container).

Here's a list of my quality tests from newest to oldest:
[2015-12-20] Lossless 1080p, 30fps
[2015-12-20] Lossless 1080p, 2x speed @ 60fps
[2015-11-06] Lossless 1080p, 30fps
[2015-11-06] Lossless 1080p, 2x speed @ 60fps
[2015-07-05] Lossless 1080p, 30fps
[2015-05-01] 6Mbps AVC 720p, 30fps
[2014-05-12] 6Mbps AVC 720p, 30fps
[2013-11-12] 3/6Mbps AVC 720p, Half speed @ 15fps

2015 Update

I've been doing quite a bit of testing and felt that I should probably link the stuff earlier in the thread.

Videos in question
Source & YouTube download mirror: https://www.mediafire.com/#ssmidj916dmw3
2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLxHjixnf3c
2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFy6yKkV-Jg

[Source]　MP4 AVC (6169kbps): Screenshot A ~ Screenshot B ~ Screenshot C

2014

DASH AVC (2112kbps): Screenshot A ~ Screenshot B ~ Screenshot C

fmt22 AVC (2886kbps): Screenshot A ~ Screenshot B ~ Screenshot C

WebM VP9 (2182kbps): Screenshot A ~ Screenshot B ~ Screenshot C

2015

DASH AVC (2125kbps): Screenshot A ~ Screenshot B ~ Screenshot C

fmt22 AVC (2894kbps): Screenshot A ~ Screenshot B ~ Screenshot C

WebM VP9 (1686kbps): Screenshot A ~ Screenshot B ~ Screenshot C

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Here's a great example of VP9 on YouTube making the video no longer look like crap ~ UPDATE: I mean for 720p, my internet is too slow to stream 1080p:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq3QwK3-mdc&t=13m20s

To test h.264 just open the same link in a browser that doesn't yet support VP9.

For your convenience, here are links to Chrome Portable (supports VP9) Firefox ESR portable (doesn't support VP9):

Chrome: http://portableapps.com/apps/interne...hrome_portable
Firefox ESR: http://portableapps.com/apps/interne...x-portable-esr

EDIT: Due to its alpha state, BeamNG DRIVE is known to have frame rate hiccups. If you want to test the smoothness and motion performance of VP9 I recommend the following video instead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNhnkFEgXw0&t=6m30s

While it has an extremely stable frame rate it's nowhere as visually detailed as the BeamNG video. UPDATE: It does however work great for testing audio/video de-syncing since you can see if the engine revs and gear shifting matches up with the on-screen display in the bottom-right.

EDIT 2: You can download the VP9 WebM files (along with the h.264 formats) from YouTube with one of the following Firefox extensions:
http://www.cys-audiovideodownloader.com/
https://addons.mozilla.org/En-us/fir...and-audio-dow/

12th May 2014, 23:27	#3 \| Link
Nintendo Maniac 64 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Northeast Ohio Posts: 447	2016 UPDATE: Sorry, the download and image links are down. If I ever get around to making a new test upload or something, I'll probably redo them. It's important to note however that the higher-quality fmt22 AVC encodes no longer exist - they're now identical to the non-HFR 720p DASH AVC encode (except in a non-DASH container). Here's a list of my quality tests from newest to oldest: [2015-12-20] Lossless 1080p, 30fps [2015-12-20] Lossless 1080p, 2x speed @ 60fps [2015-11-06] Lossless 1080p, 30fps [2015-11-06] Lossless 1080p, 2x speed @ 60fps [2015-07-05] Lossless 1080p, 30fps [2015-05-01] 6Mbps AVC 720p, 30fps [2014-05-12] 6Mbps AVC 720p, 30fps [2013-11-12] 3/6Mbps AVC 720p, Half speed @ 15fps 2015 Update I've been doing quite a bit of testing and felt that I should probably link the stuff earlier in the thread. Videos in question Source & YouTube download mirror: https://www.mediafire.com/#ssmidj916dmw3 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLxHjixnf3c 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFy6yKkV-Jg [Source]　MP4 AVC (6169kbps): Screenshot A ~ Screenshot B ~ Screenshot C 2014 DASH AVC (2112kbps): Screenshot A ~ Screenshot B ~ Screenshot C fmt22 AVC (2886kbps): Screenshot A ~ Screenshot B ~ Screenshot C WebM VP9 (2182kbps): Screenshot A ~ Screenshot B ~ Screenshot C 2015 DASH AVC (2125kbps): Screenshot A ~ Screenshot B ~ Screenshot C fmt22 AVC (2894kbps): Screenshot A ~ Screenshot B ~ Screenshot C WebM VP9 (1686kbps): Screenshot A ~ Screenshot B ~ Screenshot C -------------------------------- ORIGINAL POST -------------------------------- Here's a great example of VP9 on YouTube making the video no longer look like crap ~ UPDATE: I mean for 720p, my internet is too slow to stream 1080p: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq3QwK3-mdc&t=13m20s To test h.264 just open the same link in a browser that doesn't yet support VP9. For your convenience, here are links to Chrome Portable (supports VP9) Firefox ESR portable (doesn't support VP9): Chrome: http://portableapps.com/apps/interne...hrome_portable Firefox ESR: http://portableapps.com/apps/interne...x-portable-esr EDIT: Due to its alpha state, BeamNG DRIVE is known to have frame rate hiccups. If you want to test the smoothness and motion performance of VP9 I recommend the following video instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNhnkFEgXw0&t=6m30s While it has an extremely stable frame rate it's nowhere as visually detailed as the BeamNG video. UPDATE: It does however work great for testing audio/video de-syncing since you can see if the engine revs and gear shifting matches up with the on-screen display in the bottom-right. EDIT 2: You can download the VP9 WebM files (along with the h.264 formats) from YouTube with one of the following Firefox extensions: http://www.cys-audiovideodownloader.com/ https://addons.mozilla.org/En-us/fir...and-audio-dow/ Last edited by Nintendo Maniac 64; 25th October 2016 at 05:39.