2 MB WebM sample
A WebM file of exactly 2,097,152 bytes. It is a valid WebM video file, generated by this site. Compare its checksum and test it with the parser used by your application. Use it wherever you need a 2 MB sample, test or dummy WebM file.
Download
sample-webm-2mb.webm
2 MB2,097,152 bytes
Download 2 MB WebMCreated in your browser in a few seconds, then checked against the SHA-256 checksum. The file is not uploaded anywhere. No sign-up.
- Type
- video/webm
- SHA-256
2226992f183fa20e03a2d81f501a93c658c42da5ca363d8379c3375e7dcb3ada- Delivery
- Created in your browser from static generator assets (how it works).
What is in this file
1,622 frames (54.1 s) of a synthetic test pattern with a frame counter, looping every six seconds, in one VP9 video track. The index of key frames comes before the picture data, so a player can seek without reading the whole file. 414 bytes of an EBML Void element bring the file to the exact size.
| Dimensions | 640 × 360 px |
|---|---|
| Duration | 54.1 s |
| Frame rate | 30 fps |
| Video codec | VP9 |
| Audio | No audio track |
| Document type | webm |
| Clusters | 55, one for each key frame |
| Seek index | Cues element before the first cluster |
First bytes of the file
The first 64 bytes of sample-webm-2mb.webm as a hex dump: offset, bytes, then the same bytes as text. The WebM signature is 1A 45 DF A3.
00000000 1a 45 df a3 9f 42 86 81 01 42 f7 81 01 42 f2 81 |.E...B...B...B..|
00000010 04 42 f3 81 08 42 82 84 77 65 62 6d 42 87 81 04 |.B...B..webmB...|
00000020 42 85 81 02 18 53 80 67 01 00 00 00 00 1f ff d0 |B....S.g........|
00000030 11 4d 9b 74 b3 4d bb 8e 53 ab 84 15 49 a9 66 53 |.M.t.M..S...I.fS|Preview
Creates the file in your browser and shows it here.
Where 2 MB matters
A 2,097,152-byte file: exactly the default upload limit of PHP, and twice the default of nginx and Spring Boot. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:
| System | Limit | Note |
|---|---|---|
| PHP | 2 MB per uploaded file by default (upload_max_filesize) | A file of exactly 2 MB is accepted; one byte more is refused. |
| nginx | 1 MB by default (client_max_body_size) | Rejected with 413 Request Entity Too Large. |
| Spring Boot multipart | 1 MB per file by default (max-file-size) | Rejected unless the property is raised. |
| Django | 2.5 MB in memory by default | 2 MB is held in memory; the 5 MB sample is streamed to a temporary file. |
| Vercel Functions | 4.5 MB request body | Accepted, including as base64 at about 2.8 MB. |
Use this file for
- Finding the first upload limit in a new stack
- Testing HTML video with a second source beside MP4
- Checking uploads of browser-recorded video
Testing notes for WebM
- H.264 and AAC are not allowed in WebM. A file with those codecs and a .webm extension is really Matroska, and browsers may refuse it.
- Recordings made in the browser usually lack a duration and an index, because both are only known when recording stops. Players show no length and cannot seek until the file is remuxed.
Technical details
| File name | sample-webm-2mb.webm |
|---|---|
| Format | WebM (WebM video) |
| Extension | .webm |
| MIME type | video/webm |
| Size | 2,097,152 bytes (2 MB) |
| Kind | Binary |
| Signature | 1A 45 DF A3 |
| SHA-256 | 2226992f183fa20e03a2d81f501a93c658c42da5ca363d8379c3375e7dcb3ada |
| Created | 2026-10-23 |
| Validation | See the listed size and SHA-256. Small downloads are checked in the browser; verify streamed downloads manually. A hash match does not prove parser compatibility. |
| Preview | Available on this page |
| Source | Generated in your browser by this site's generator; not copied from elsewhere |
| Licence | Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms) |
| Category | Video |
Check the stated structure and checksum against your application requirements. As with any download, scan the file with your own security tools before opening it. How files are made and checked
Verify your copy
This file is created in your browser, so it has no direct URL for curl or wget. The generator is designed to produce reproducible bytes. After saving, compare the checksum with the SHA-256 value above.
sha256sum sample-webm-2mb.webm # Linux
shasum -a 256 sample-webm-2mb.webm # macOSOn Windows, run Get-FileHash sample-webm-2mb.webm -Algorithm SHA256 in PowerShell. For scripts and pipelines, save the file once and keep your own copy.
Related files
Questions about this file
- Is this file exactly 2 MB?
- Yes. It is 2,097,152 bytes, which is 2 MB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
- What is inside the 2 MB WebM file?
- 1,622 frames (54.1 s) of a synthetic test pattern with a frame counter, looping every six seconds, in one VP9 video track. The index of key frames comes before the picture data, so a player can seek without reading the whole file. 414 bytes of an EBML Void element bring the file to the exact size.
- Which codec do the WebM samples use?
- VP9 video at 640 × 360 and 30 frames per second, with no audio track.