[Bf-committers] Re: H264 - XVid support

[Peter Schlaile]

Hi,

> Tested it and found no problems so far under linux.
>
> Files in h264 and xvid, load fine in MPlayer and Xine under Linux.
> Xvid loads well under Windows Media Player 10, while it fails to detect
> proper codec for h264.
> VLC loads both files properly in any OS.
>
> My question now is, is it possible to save the file generated from H264
> into an MP4 instead of AVI ?
> This way it would be possible to load it in the Quicktime player as well.

Theoretically: yes. Practically: no.
FFMpeg doesn't support MP4 export (as well as quicktime export) very well.
Tested it once and then removed it, since it is totally broken.

If you fix the ffmpeg-sources, I'll include it.

Greetings,
Peter