I am a big fan of Firefly and Serenity. So I chose the title scene at the beginning of Serenity to make sample bitstreams for my internship presentation. I realize I may be violating some copyright laws by posting these files, however they are short and the scene contains screen text for the various people who worked on Serenity. A fair trade, I say.
The source material is the Serenity widescreen DVD, title 3 of the main feature, which has a duration of 00:05:17.86. The MPEG-2 video elementary stream has a bit rate of approximately 5900 kbps and a resolution of 720 by 304 (2.53:1). The AC-3 audio elementary stream has a bit rate of approximately 340 kbps and 6 channels (5.1 layout).
The first file is a high-quality encode using the main profile. The characteristics are as follows:
Video
Bit rate: 2000 kbps (CBR mode)
Resolution: 720 x 304 (2.35:1)
Frames per second: 23.98 (NTSC FILM)
Encoder: x264
Coding tools: main profile, level 5,1, B slices (max one), CABAC, trellis, intra-picture 4×4 analysis, hexagon ME pattern, two pass
Audio
Bit rate: 192 kbps (CBR mode)
Channel layout: stereo
Sampling rate: 48000 Hz
Encoder: FAAC
Coding tools: low complexity profile
Download the Serenity high quality clip (82.31 MB).
The second file respects the DMB specification in terms of coding tools, bit rate and resolution. It gives a feel for what people may expect to see on their cell phones, PDAs and other mobile devices within a few years. The characteristics are as follows:
Video
Bit rate: 300 kbps (CBR mode)
Resolution: 320 x 128 (2.35:1)
Frames per second: 23.98 (NTSC FILM)
Encoder: x264
Coding tools: baseline profile, level 1,3, intra-picture 4×4 analysis, hexagon ME pattern, two pass
Audio
Bit rate: 96 kbps (CBR mode)
Channel layout: stereo
Sampling rate: 48000 Hz
Encoder: FAAC
Coding tools: low complexity profile (does not respect the DMB specification, but no free HE-AAC encoder is available on Mac OS X)
Serenity_dmb_300.mov (15.19 MB).