It provides a standardized benchmark for training and testing deep learning-based video codecs, comparing them against traditional standards like HEVC (H.265) and VVC (H.266) [1, 2]. Why this file is used in research:
Because it is part of a public dataset, multiple researchers use g60772.mp4 so they can compare their results directly against other papers [2].
Researchers use it to evaluate how much detail is lost during the "encoding" (compression) process [1].
A solid technical paper that utilizes this specific sequence is: Authors: S. Ma, X. Zhang, et al. (University of Bristol)
