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Samples at Various Bitrates and Formats

Zoo Footage (Multiple Bitrates)

The following four clips were all encoded simultaneously in real-time on a Digital Rapids StreamZ. These clips are not an example of the ultimate quality possible using a Digital Rapids solution, but rather what is possible using even consumer equipment in real world conditions. The camera used is a 10 year old Hi-8 camera, it is hand held and the lighting conditions vary from poor to terrible. Notice that the camera never stops moving through the clips creating a challenging situation for the codec.

All of the clips are sized somewhat above what would be considered normal resolution for these bitrates. During the opening frames of the clip, look at the shallow angle of the wires that make up the tiger cage. On a system without proper de-interlacing the wires would show up as jagged lines without the clear definition that you see in these clips.

MPEG-2 Samples

To play these clips, right click on the link, choose 'Save Target As' and save to your local hard disk. You will need a player capable of decoding variable bitrate MPEG-2. If you are having problems you might try the Empg shareware player from Elecard.

Slime — The same clip used to demonstrate motion adaptive de-interlacing above, encoded at ~2Mb/s MPEG-2 format at 640x480 resolution.

DHL — A commercial spot for DHL encoded at ~2Mb/s VBR MPEG-2 format at 640x480 resolution

ZooTest — Some amateur footage shot with a consumer camera to show off 3D noise reduction and motion adaptive de-interlacing in a low bitrate MPEG-2 file at 640x480 resolution.

ZooTest2 — More amateur footage shot with a consumer camera to show off 3D noise reduction and motion adaptive de-interlacing in a low bitrate MPEG-2 file at 640x480 resolution.

MPEG-1 Samples

To play these clips, right click on the link, choose 'Save Target As' and save to your local hard disk. If you are having problems you might try the Empg shareware player from Elecard.

ZooTest — Some amateur footage shot with a consumer camera to show off 3D noise reduction and motion adaptive de-interlacing in a low bitrate MPEG-1 file at 320x240 resolution.

ZooTest Highres — Some amateur footage shot with a consumer camera to show off 3D noise reduction and motion adaptive de-interlacing in a low bitrate MPEG-1 file at 640x480 resolution.