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

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Thu Sep 1 21:11:37 CEST 2005


> --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ---  
> Von: Benjamin Pracht <bigben+spam at videolan.org>  
> An: vlc at videolan.org  
> Betreff: [vlc] Re: How is H.264 indicated?  
> Datum: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 20:08:18 +0200  
>   
> 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).  
  
  
In MP4 files no 4cc is used. In MP4 files you will get this info from the  
ObjectTypeIndication:  
  
Value ObjectTypeIndication Description  
 0x00 Forbidden  
 0x01 Systems ISO/IEC 14496-1  
 0x02 Systems ISO/IEC 14496-1  
 0x03-0x1F reserved for ISO use  
 0x20 Visual ISO/IEC 14496-2   
 0x21 Visual ISO/IEC 14496-10   
 0x22 Visual ISO/IEC 14496-10 Parameter Sets   
 0x23-0x3F reserved for ISO use  
 0x40 Audio ISO/IEC 14496-3   
 0x41-0x5F reserved for ISO use  
 0x60 Visual ISO/IEC 13818-2 Simple Profile  
 0x61 Visual ISO/IEC 13818-2 Main Profile  
 0x62 Visual ISO/IEC 13818-2 SNR Profile  
 0x63 Visual ISO/IEC 13818-2 Spatial Profile  
 0x64 Visual ISO/IEC 13818-2 High Profile  
 0x65 Visual ISO/IEC 13818-2 422 Profile  
 0x66 Audio ISO/IEC 13818-7 Main Profile  
 0x67 Audio ISO/IEC 13818-7 LowComplexity Profile  
 0x68 Audio ISO/IEC 13818-7 Scaleable Sampling Rate Profile  
 0x69 Audio ISO/IEC 13818-3  
 0x6A Visual ISO/IEC 11172-2  
 0x6B Audio ISO/IEC 11172-3  
 0x6C Visual ISO/IEC 10918-1  
 0x6D - 0xBF reserved for ISO use  
 0xC0 - 0xFE user private  
 0xFF No object type specified  
 
For AVC/H.264 it is 0x21.  
 
Richard   

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