Whether at work or school, occasionally it happens that you need to test certain file formats, but you just don’t have them at hand. At this time, many people will try to create one by themselves, but this is actually very troublesome, because you may also need to use other software, such as conversion software. There is such a website on the Internet, DWSamplefiles, which provides free test files in various popular formats, ranging from videos, music, documents, pictures, to fonts. Which one you need, you can download it directly from this website, without spending time to create it yourself.
DWSamplefiles provides free test files in various popular formats, no need to create them yourself
DWSamplefiles is a very Buddhist website. Not only are all test files free to download, but the webpage does not have any advertisements. The only small drawback is that the speed is a bit slow. It takes a few seconds to open each webpage to complete.
Currently, 8 types are provided, including video, sound, document, picture, code, file, font, and others. It also provides a search function. You can directly enter the file format you are looking for. The most popular test file formats will be displayed in the upper right corner:
The menu is at the top, Sample Videos and Sample Audios are videos and sounds, and other types are placed in the Others menu:
After clicking on any type, you can browse all provided file formats. For example, the video section includes WMV, WEBM, VOB, TS, SWF, RM, OGV, MXF, MTS, MPG, MPEG, MP4, MOV, MKV, MJPEG, M4V, M2V, M2TS, HEVC, FLV, F4V, ASF, AVI, 3GP, and many more:
HEVC and ASF should not be available in most people’s computers, and it is difficult to find and create files in this format, so it will be very troublesome. If you need to test this relatively rare format in the future, you can download it directly from this website:
Each format page will have a basic introduction. For those who want to know what this format is used for, what are its characteristics, etc., you can read it, and then you will see the file download point below. Basically, each format provides multiple files. Click Download to start downloading:
There is also a tutorial on how to open this file at the bottom. Those who need it can also take a look:
I still remember that in order to test the specific format conversion performance of multiple conversion software, I spent a lot of time searching online, and even accidentally loaded some websites that seemed to contain viruses. Fortunately, the anti-virus software detected them, so having this website is really convenient.
In addition, there are some teaching articles about file formats in the blog of the website. If you want to know more about specific file formats, I highly recommend you to read them here. There are many good articles.
However, it should be noted that this website seems to have been established not long ago. It will be launched in 2023, so it is not sure how long it will survive.
Source: KOCPC Chinese