This is a mpeg2 video core. To run a testbench: 1. Download a sample video cd tools/streams wget ftp://ftp.tek.com/tv/test/streams/Element/MPEG-Video/625/susi_015.m2v mv susi_015.m2v stream-susi.mpg 2. Install Icarus verilog apt-get install iverilog 3. Run testbench cd bench/iverilog Verify top of Makefile looks like this: STREAM = ../../tools/streams/stream-susi.mpg MODELINE = MODELINE_SIF make clean test Directory ought to fill with .ppm files.