[vlc] Re: How is H.264 indicated?

[Benjamin Pracht]

On Thu, Sep 01, 2005, Chhaya, Harshal wrote :
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Does vlc use 'mp4v' in the 'stream information' window
> to indicate an H.264 video? 
> 
> I am having some trouble convincing someone else that vlc
> can play H.264 because the stream information never
> explicity says H.264. Some other players show 'H.264' as
> the stream type.

fourcc for H264 are avc1 and h264 (maybe some others too).

> 
> Is there some standard naming system that various players 
> use to show the video format?
> 

Well, fourcc is a standard (not very user firendly) name. Have a look at
www.fourcc.org

> Also, I know that vlc's video decoder (libavcodec from
> ffmpeg, right?) can decode the H.264 Baseline profile 
> but could someone please confirm this?
> 
> And the reason that vlc's H.264 support is marked 
> 'experimental' on the webpage is because ffmpeg does not
> yet implement the entire H.264 spec, right?
> 

True. The same way, the support for streaming is not totally done for
some streaming methods, I think

-- 
BigBen

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