Re: Container for H.264 codec

Rich Felker schrieb:
> On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 02:03:12AM -0700, Nabeel Iqbal wrote:
>   
>> Hi all,
>>    i am looking for the information regarding container for H.264 .
>>    as far i know MPG4 and Quicktime supports the H.264 but don't
>>    know the details. if any one of you have additional information
>>    in this regard kindly post it . that will be a great help.
>>     
>
> mp4 and quicktime are the same thing and are one of the most poorly
> designed containers out there. Basically you can use any container you
> want. Matroska would be a decent choice and even AVI will work if you
> want to use it.
>
> Rich
>
>   
Hi,
mp4(ftyp mp41 or mp42) and mov(ftyp qt  ) are not the same. You could
say  ISO base media file format(ftyp isom) is more ore less the same as mov.
Most  files around that claim to be a mp4 file (ftyp mp41/2) are b0rked,
because the IOD and BIFS/OD Track is missing or incomplete.

Ok, with most files around it doesn't make a difference,if there is a
BIFS or OD Track, they will be displayed right. But in a spec compliant
mp4 file have to be a BIFS/OD Track and IOD.

There are simply no(or less) mp4 player around. Most player around are
more or less mov/ISO base media file format player.
If you want to display a mp4 file with a more complex scene, you will
need a mp4 player(like Osmo4) - not a mov player.

Just my opinion

Richard