quicktime player support for mp4 files containing mpeg2 video?
I believe an mp4 file can contain mpeg2 video media, but I have not seen any evidence that quicktime player (with QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component installed) can play it.
I tried mp4 files containing mpeg2 video that were created by
ffmpeg
mp4box
and my own program
All play correctly using VLC player and MP4 Player.
None of them play with quicktime player. The error is: Error -2010: the movie contains some invalid data (flwr.mp4)
Does anyone have a example of an mp4 containing mpeg2 video that plays with quicktime player? Or is quicktime player simply incompatible with this file type?
The standards reference for this question is ISO/IEC 14496-14 which describes the MPEG-4 Elementary Stream Descriptor Atom ('esds'). This references the ES_Descriptor as defined in 14496-1 which defines profileAndLevelIndication values for mpeg4 and mpeg2 video.
I tried mp4 files containing mpeg2 video that were created by
ffmpeg
mp4box
and my own program
All play correctly using VLC player and MP4 Player.
None of them play with quicktime player. The error is: Error -2010: the movie contains some invalid data (flwr.mp4)
Does anyone have a example of an mp4 containing mpeg2 video that plays with quicktime player? Or is quicktime player simply incompatible with this file type?
The standards reference for this question is ISO/IEC 14496-14 which describes the MPEG-4 Elementary Stream Descriptor Atom ('esds'). This references the ES_Descriptor as defined in 14496-1 which defines profileAndLevelIndication values for mpeg4 and mpeg2 video.
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