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Royalty Free AV Data for Benchmarking?

Posted by Cliff on from the free-data-for-free-benchmarks dept.

Foredecker asks: "I'm developing some audio and video encoding benchmarks. (yes, they will be open source), and I need royalty free high quality audio and video. Unfortunately, I can't simply rip CD's and DVD's for distribution. I need to distribute the content with the benchmark to provide a consistent data set. I'd like both stereo and 5:1 audio and regular and high-def video. Anyone have any ideas where I can get such content?"

2 of 24 comments (clear)

  1. Fair use by sydlexic · · Score: 2, Interesting

    doesn't this fall under 'fair use' since it's effectively research/education?

  2. By high quality... by ChrisSontagsAnus · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You didn't say whether you meant technical quality or content quality. If you just need technical quality, you can hire a freelancer to shoot you some pretty stuff. It will cost something, but it may be a bargain compared to blowing a lot of time searching for free stuff.