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+#!/bin/sh
+##
+##  Copyright (c) 2014 The WebM project authors. All Rights Reserved.
+##
+##  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
+##  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
+##  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
+##  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
+##  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
+##
+##  This file tests the libvpx simple_encoder example. To add new tests to this
+##  file, do the following:
+##    1. Write a shell function (this is your test).
+##    2. Add the function to simple_encoder_tests (on a new line).
+##
+. $(dirname $0)/tools_common.sh
+
+# Environment check: $YUV_RAW_INPUT is required.
+simple_encoder_verify_environment() {
+  if [ ! -e "${YUV_RAW_INPUT}" ]; then
+    echo "Libvpx test data must exist in LIBVPX_TEST_DATA_PATH."
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+# Runs simple_encoder using the codec specified by $1.
+simple_encoder() {
+  local encoder="${LIBVPX_BIN_PATH}/simple_encoder${VPX_TEST_EXE_SUFFIX}"
+  local codec="$1"
+  local output_file="${VPX_TEST_OUTPUT_DIR}/simple_encoder_${codec}.ivf"
+
+  [ -x "${encoder}" ] || return 1
+
+  "${encoder}" "${codec}" "${YUV_RAW_INPUT_WIDTH}" "${YUV_RAW_INPUT_HEIGHT}" \
+      "${YUV_RAW_INPUT}" "${output_file}" 9999 > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+  [ -e "${output_file}" ] || return 1
+}
+
+simple_encoder_vp8() {
+  if [ "$(vp8_encode_available)" = "yes" ]; then
+    simple_encoder vp8 || return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+# TODO(tomfinegan): Add a frame limit param to simple_encoder and enable this
+# test. VP9 is just too slow right now: This test takes 4m30s+ on a fast
+# machine.
+DISABLED_simple_encoder_vp9() {
+  if [ "$(vp9_encode_available)" = "yes" ]; then
+    simple_encoder vp9 || return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+simple_encoder_tests="simple_encoder_vp8
+                      DISABLED_simple_encoder_vp9"
+
+run_tests simple_encoder_verify_environment "${simple_encoder_tests}"