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HEVC/AV1 Video Codecs Comparison 2019

Fourteen Annual Video-Codecs Comparison by MSU

Video group head:	Dr. Dmitriy Vatolin
Project head:	Dr. Dmitriy Kulikov
Measurements, analysis:	Dr. Mikhail Erofeev, Anastasia Antsiferova, Sergey Zvezdakov, Denis Kondranin

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Descriptions of 100 test videos

Videos


	African Village A part of a music clip with red sparkles, grain and double exposure effects.	FullHD, 24 fps, 160.26 Mbps Tags: noisy, music clip, grain effects, black borders, flash exposure, double exposure, hand/head-mounted camera, not stabilized
	Airport Interview Different people give interviews at the airport.	FullHD, 23 fps, 102.23 Mbps Tags: amateur capturing, interview
	Animation Clip 2D animation advertising clip drawn in bright colors.	FullHD, 29 fps, 104.58 Mbps Tags: tv ads, animation
	Ariadnes Thread A woman is dancing then another woman appears. Objects are highly textured and video contains flickering effects.	FullHD, 29 fps, 209.05 Mbps Tags: noisy, cg effects
	Bad Sleep A man sees a dream of a conversation with a girl, then wakes up in his room. A moment with a dream contains grain effect.	FullHD, 23 fps, 98.75 Mbps Tags: noisy, static camera
	Bagpipes A clip about preparation for the wedding contains scenes of a party with a fiance and morning makeup for fiancee.	4K, 24 fps, 126.41 Mbps Tags: studio capturing, black borders, macro
	Carnival People in Brazilian carnival costumes walk on the street. A clip is filmed with a handheld camera, contains bright-coloured of costumes and colour effects.	FullHD, 23 fps, 78.33 Mbps Tags: hand/head-mounted camera, cg effects, natural lighting
	Carpets Shortchanging scenes of people, children and animals acting on different carpets. Filmed from one angle.	FullHD, 25 fps, 105.48 Mbps Tags: tv ads, natural lighting
	Castle A single view of the Tower of London, filmed with a handheld camera.	4K, 23 fps, 91.87 Mbps Tags: hand/head-mounted camera, not stabilized, amateur capturing, natural lighting
	Cg Figures The camera moves through rendered water drops and other plain geometric figures in a space.	FullHD, 30 fps, 244.26 Mbps Tags: cg effects, noisy
	Cherry Up Two women pose on the camera in different clothes. Filmed outside with bright sun, a promo contains short close-up and general views.	FullHD, 29 fps, 107.41 Mbps Tags: tv ads, natural lighting, not stabilized, slow motion
	Christmas Cats Concert record with superimposed complicated translucent CG effects.	FullHD, 25 fps, 182.23 Mbps Tags: noisy, dark, cg effects, tv ads, flash exposure, hand/head-mounted camera
	Cion	4K, 23 fps, 220.37 Mbps Tags: macro, studio capturing, tv ads, static camera
	City Panorama View of a city filmed from a moving drone in sunny weather.	FullHD, 24 fps, 108.13 Mbps Tags: aero shooting, natural lighting
	City Walk Day and night views of city streets and roads with the operator's feet in the frame. Shot from a hand-held camera.	FullHD, 25 fps, 58.74 Mbps Tags: hand/head-mounted camera, dark, natural lighting
	Colliers Wood	FullHD, 25 fps, 174.92 Mbps Tags: tv ads, animation
	Controlled Burn A house in the steppe burnes under the control of firefighters.	FullHD, 29 fps, 948.27 Mbps Tags: natural lighting
	Cookie Jam Bright-colored animated promo of a mobile game representing gameplay. Contains close-ups and sparkled effects.	FullHD, 29 fps, 130.41 Mbps Tags: animation, tv ads
	Craft Beer A static scene in a bar, a man sits at the bar desk and talks to the camera.	FullHD, 25 fps, 109.24 Mbps Tags: dark, static camera, interview
	Crazy Bar Friends drink in a bar, then a concert with horses on the stage starts. Close-ups change with general plans of a crowd on a concert with flashes of light.	FullHD, 25 fps, 72.63 Mbps Tags: dark, tv ads, flash exposure
	Creek Kooler A man ads floating cooler in a studio with another man, and interviews a woman in studio with chroma key. The video contains scenes with a demonstration of a cooler in a river.	FullHD, 29 fps, 132.98 Mbps Tags: double exposure, interview, studio capturing, aero shooting, natural lighting, not stabilized
	Crowd Run A crowd of sportsmen run while the camera slowly moves left and right.	FullHD, 50 fps, 1186.52 Mbps Tags: aero shooting
	Dancing Party Bride dance on a stage with bridesmaids and guests dance in a hall. The video contains scenes with a man in a lighting costume a lot of flashes from lights.	4K, 23 fps, 201.13 Mbps Tags: dark, flash exposure
	Dancing People People are dancing in the hall, the bride throws a bouquet. Professional wedding videography.	4K, 24 fps, 126.41 Mbps Tags: studio capturing, hand/head-mounted camera
	Desert	FullHD, 23 fps, 110.89 Mbps Tags: film, static camera, black borders
	Dj Show A concert with very bright flickering spotlights filmed in black and white colors. Scenes with a DJ on the stage and people standing under the stage and filming a concert.	FullHD, 60 fps, 390.97 Mbps Tags: dark, grain effects, flash exposure, black and white, noisy
	Drakenboot Scenes of different activities (boating, outdoor games, concerts, barbecue) on a festival.	FullHD, 25 fps, 126.89 Mbps Tags: grain effects, hand/head-mounted camera, natural lighting
	Field Milton Academy View on a town and football fields captured from a drone on a sunny day.	4K, 29 fps, 553.63 Mbps Tags: aero shooting, natural lighting
	Film Scenes from a disaster movie filmed in the evening city. Men fight in a lane, a crowd run from crashing buildings.	FullHD, 23 fps, 105.22 Mbps Tags: film, dark, cg effects, hand/head-mounted camera
	Film Promo A trailer of a military film shot in winter. Contains scenes with warriors in a snowy forest and village, burning guns and people inside the houses.	FullHD, 25 fps, 180.48 Mbps Tags: film, noisy, tv ads, black borders, flash exposure
	Final Cut Lesson A short video captured from the screen with the interface of a video editing program.	FullHD, 25 fps, 181.05 Mbps Tags: screen capturing, cg effects
	First Things First A promo of a talk show, two men and a woman are talking in the table in a studio. Scenes change with a storyboard effect.	FullHD, 29 fps, 138.17 Mbps Tags: cg effects, tv ads, studio capturing
	Flower Shop A man and a woman arrange potted flowers in an open greenhouse.	FullHD, 25 fps, 211.25 Mbps Tags: not stabilized
	Glass Production General view of a workshop and a man working with an oven.	FullHD, 29 fps, 202.79 Mbps Tags: hand/head-mounted camera
	Golden Bear Promo of a sports team, girls from a support group are dancing and a bear talisman and orchestra are walking in a sports hall in front of other students.	FullHD, 29 fps, 108.14 Mbps Tags: natural lighting, amateur capturing, hand/head-mounted camera
	Graduation View of many students in purple mantles, a president's speech and people rewarding on stage.	FullHD, 29 fps, 129.40 Mbps Tags: amateur capturing, natural lighting
	Greesncreen Talks Scenes filmed with a chroma key of people on a different background.	FullHD, 23 fps, 157.59 Mbps Tags: amateur capturing, cg effects, static camera
	Gta5 Screen-captured process of GTA 5 gaming.	FullHD, 60 fps, 1423.83 Mbps Tags: screen capturing, animation
	Guitar Show A man is playing the guitar and singing on a stage in a dark hall.	FullHD, 23 fps, 85.06 Mbps Tags: dark, flash exposure
	Gun Stuff A promo of a TV channel followed by an interview in a studio.	FullHD, 29 fps, 135.96 Mbps Tags: tv ads, cg effects, interview
	Gun Stuff Promo Dynamic slides from a presentation with black background followed by an interview on an expo.	FullHD, 29 fps, 128.13 Mbps Tags: tv ads, dark, interview
	Hallelujah A man is praying and singing on the street. A part of a music clip with double exposure effects.	FullHD, 30 fps, 84.88 Mbps Tags: music clip, double exposure, studio capturing
	Historic Mansion Scenes with men firing from a gun, food from a field kitchen and an interview of a woman.	FullHD, 29 fps, 202.11 Mbps Tags: interview, hand/head-mounted camera, natural lighting
	Hotel Adword View of different rooms in a house standing on the seashore (from a balcony, bedroom, sports room, etc.) followed by a general view of the house taken from the drone.	FullHD, 29 fps, 72.36 Mbps Tags: aero shooting, tv ads
	Infinit The camera flies through CG buildings and statues, then video shows a picture of man with CG title on it.	FullHD, 25 fps, 262.64 Mbps Tags: noisy, grain effects, black and white
	Interactive Newspaper The camera moves through newspaper articles with different videos inserted inside articles pictures.	FullHD, 25 fps, 246.15 Mbps Tags: cg effects, interview
	Interview At The Expo A man takes an interview with two other men inside the expo hall.	FullHD, 23 fps, 104.95 Mbps Tags: interview
	Italy History Views of a city, fields and trees, and a map of a journey. A video contains grain effect and subtitles.	FullHD, 24 fps, 167.11 Mbps Tags: black borders, grain effects, double exposure, cgi effects, macro
	Judy Trailer Very noisy video with women talking on a stage.	FullHD, 23 fps, 144.31 Mbps Tags: grain effects, black borders, noisy
	Kayak Trip Different people kayak in the sea and lakes. Filmed from a drone, a kayak, and from under water.	4K, 60 fps, 117.18 Mbps Tags: tv ads, double exposure, aero shooting
	Keeping Warm Stop-motion clip with a girl walking in a town and taking photos.	FullHD, 30 fps, 186.49 Mbps Tags: black borders
	Kobe Bryant Promo video of sneakers with a lot of CG-effects filmed in black and red colors.	FullHD, 25 fps, 100.78 Mbps Tags: cg effects, dark
	Laser Cutter A man is working on the laser cutting machine, contains a scene of closely-captured cutting process.	FullHD, 23 fps, 154.09 Mbps Tags: macro, dark, cg effects
	Love Story Slide show of videos and photographs of a man and a woman walking on nature.	FullHD, 50 fps, 208.98 Mbps Tags: double exposure, black borders
	Magazine Advertisement Scenes with changing magazine pages and people sharing a magazine in a car wash and pizzeria.	FullHD, 59 fps, 379.25 Mbps Tags: tv ads, cg effects, aero shooting
	Making Alcohol People watching after the boiler at the stake in different weather in tropics.	FullHD, 23 fps, 95.26 Mbps Tags: hand/head-mounted camera
	Manhattan Bridge Views Views of Manhattan bridge shot from a drone in sunny weather.	FullHD, 23 fps, 99.83 Mbps Tags: aero shooting
	Mercedes Scenes with a woman posing while sitting on the hood and a man singing and dancing.	FullHD, 25 fps, 106.70 Mbps Tags: flash exposure, music clip
	Music Clip A clip showing city views and couples; exhibits grain effect, red sparks between changing scenes and superimposed text. A black screen appears n the beginning.	FullHD, 23 fps, 164.78 Mbps Tags: flash exposure, music clip, noisy, cg effects
	Music Fantasy Scenes with a couple in a park and a man playing guitar and drums. Contains CG effects for scenes with a band playing musical instruments.	FullHD, 25 fps, 106.62 Mbps Tags: music clip, cg effects, flash exposure, dark
	Nancy A woman is walking on the house full of plants searching for something and gathering photography.	4K, 25 fps, 64.56 Mbps Tags: black borders, film, hand/head-mounted camera
	New York Bakery Views of dawn in a city, an old woman in a bakery serving the visitors.	FullHD, 25 fps, 179.32 Mbps Tags: grain effects
	Newsy Scenes with a man giving an interview in an expo hall and views of an office and reporters at work.	FullHD, 30 fps, 102.20 Mbps Tags: interview
	Night Pursuit A woman runs through a city street at night and walks in a forest in the dawn.	FullHD, 23 fps, 159.90 Mbps Tags: dark, noisy, hand/head-mounted camera
	Nina Music Video A man is dancing on a red carpet in a white hall. Filmed from different angles and contains a grain effect.	FullHD, 24 fps, 160.26 Mbps Tags: black borders, noisy, grain effects, music clip
	Nurse Interview An interview with a nurse with CG text on a screen.	4K, 60 fps, 110.89 Mbps Tags: interview
	Off The Wall Scenes with computer graphics painted on real walls on the streets.	FullHD, 25 fps, 157.73 Mbps Tags: cg effects, hand/head-mounted camera
	Old Message A scared man is writing a message with a pen on a paper, between some pictures are shown. There are flickering effects.	FullHD, 24 fps, 150.94 Mbps Tags: black and white, noisy, macro
	Oman Museum A woman is staying, prepares some food and then reads Braille. Static scenes with smooth fading transitions.	FullHD, 25 fps, 66.48 Mbps Tags: macro, double exposure
	Pebble Beach Scenes near and inside a nice house with palm trees outside.	FullHD, 24 fps, 109.52 Mbps Tags: aero shooting, double exposure, grain effects
	Pet Photography A woman is sitting with a dog on a chair and giving an interview.	FullHD, 29 fps, 199.26 Mbps Tags: hand/head-mounted camera
	Preparation For The Celebration A woman applies a makeup, a man straightens his tie and laces up his shoes.	4K, 23 fps, 243.57 Mbps Tags: macro, studio capturing
	Prism An amimated animal creature is shown through a CG prism.	FullHD, 29 fps, 333.64 Mbps Tags: animation, cg effects, flash exposure
	Professor Interview with a professor from a public and international affairs school, some scenes from it with him.	FullHD, 23 fps, 165.41 Mbps Tags: interview
	Psychotherapy A woman is talking with her psychotherapist. Then a wall clock is shown.	FullHD, 25 fps, 230.58 Mbps Tags: dark, black borders, hand/head-mounted camera, flash exposure
	Rugby A promo video of a rugby championship with CG effects.	FullHD, 59 fps, 193.57 Mbps Tags: grain effects, noisy, cg effects, tv ads
	Rust A recording of playing a video game Rust.	FullHD, 60 fps, 1423.83 Mbps Tags: animation, screen capturing, cg effects
	Sad Day A man plays guitar and then he walks in the rain.	4K, 23 fps, 92.23 Mbps Tags: dark, hand/head-mounted camera, music clip
	School Promo Video A promo video of a religious school. Children are shown to come in it and pray.	4K, 23 fps, 91.57 Mbps Tags: black borders, natural lighting
	Sea Sunrise Two scenes, the first shows a sea, the second вЂ” sunrise.	FullHD, 25 fps, 175.00 Mbps Tags: static camera
	Simple Animation A CG animation of a woman sitting on a couch.	FullHD, 24 fps, 143.77 Mbps Tags: animation, static camera
	Skiing Learning People are being trained to ski in slow motion.	FullHD, 23 fps, 107.59 Mbps Tags: double exposure, hand/head-mounted camera
	Slow Motion Clip A woman is walking in a building in slow motion.	4K, 23 fps, 273.05 Mbps Tags: black borders, dark, slow motion
	Snow Mnt Panoramas of snow mountains and trees.	FullHD, 29 fps, 948.27 Mbps Tags: static camera, double exposure
	Sports Team A sports team before and during an important competition. There are some CG effects, double exposure.	FullHD, 25 fps, 103.38 Mbps Tags: dark, black borders, cg effects, noisy
	Street Show Two men sing, dance and show some acrobatics on a street.	4K, 23 fps, 108.40 Mbps Tags: aero shooting, flash exposure
	Surfing People are surfing on an ocean, also there are houses captured by the drone camera.	4K, 29 fps, 220.71 Mbps Tags: black borders, aero shooting, natural lighting
	Terry Cage People are resting near a house, one man is talking on his phone.	FullHD, 23 fps, 100.28 Mbps Tags: noisy
	Theater Show An advertisement of a theater show. There are people on the scene, then a picture with the announcement.	FullHD, 25 fps, 86.40 Mbps Tags: dark, flash exposure, hand/head-mounted camera
	Tractor A tractor rides across a field. The camera zooms in, then zooms out.	FullHD, 25 fps, 593.26 Mbps Tags: natural lighting
	Tribute A live recording from a concert of a musical group.	FullHD, 29 fps, 122.83 Mbps Tags: hand/head-mounted camera
	Video In Video A clip of some artist in a beige jacket who sings near the wall with video-in-video effects.	4K, 23 fps, 95.17 Mbps Tags: music clip, cg effects, black borders
	Walk With Children Two children with their mother walk in a quiet area of a city.	FullHD, 29 fps, 137.26 Mbps Tags: hand/head-mounted camera
	Wedding Party A party after a wedding, many guests dance in a dark club.	4K, 23 fps, 161.08 Mbps Tags: dark, flash exposure
	Wedding Walk The video shows a newlywed couple, a restaurant in which the celebration takes place, and walk of lovers.	4K, 24 fps, 123.96 Mbps Tags: aero shooting, macro, noisy, slow motion
	Will And Hannah A couple of people that at first walk, then sit on the couch and talk about something.	FullHD, 29 fps, 133.49 Mbps Tags: noisy, interview, dark, hand/head-mounted camera
	Work Under The Microscope A man makes crafts in an eye of a needle looking through a microscope.	FullHD, 25 fps, 174.87 Mbps Tags: noisy, grain effects, macro, tv ads
	Wuyue A trailer about a life of a Japanese girl, there are CG effects.	FullHD, 25 fps, 112.92 Mbps Tags: black borders, tv ads, cg effects
	Zombie Apocalypse An advertisement in which a report about the onset of the zombie apocalypse is shown on TV.	FullHD, 59 fps, 187.99 Mbps Tags: noisy, tv ads, cg effects
	Zulu International Party at the Zulu International festival with CG effects.	FullHD, 23 fps, 78.33 Mbps Tags: cg effects, tv ads

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