[M4IF Technotes] Downloadable standard MPEG test sequences

[Olivier Amato]

Ben,
>     Another issue I have with the current test sequences is almost no
> real-world apps can read the .yuv format,

I know 2 players for .yuv files. One is available on line (
http://thanglong.ece.jhu.edu/Course/643/YUVplayer.exe ) and I can send you
the other directly if you need to.
> and there aren't any tools I know
> of that can do a native colorspace conversion between .yuv and .mov or
.avi.
For .yuv to .avi conversion, I generally use Microsoft's tool (
yuvtoavi.exe ). There is also another tool with GUI (
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/S.Worrall/dloads/yuv2avi.zip ), but I
had some strange results ( washed colors ) when I tested it a while ago. The
same author ( s.worrall   eim.surrey.ac.uk ) also provided a very useful tool
to convert VQEG's YUV 4:2:2 files to AVI. This is the only one I found.
Regards,
Olivier Amato