MJPEG

the spec sheet says it needs to be an AVI format.

Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

vizion8 wrote:
I have MJPEG AVI files too but iTunes wouldn't add them.

are they within spec?
30fps? no greater than 35Mbps? audio in the required format? exactly 1280x720?

The addition of MJPEG to supported AppleTV formats was bizarre and unexpected especially if it doesn't work.

Just convert it to h264.

vizion8 wrote:
Yes, it is rather strange. I think MJPEG playback in ATV2 is designed for loader apps other than iTunes.

Not sure I follow you there.

Hmm, I see what you're getting at.

Rarely use AVIs these days so haven't tried importing to iTunes.

Are you saying these files don't import to an won't play in iTunes?

Problem is there are no other 'loaders' as AppleTV2 relies on iTunes.

You might care to Google Perian and then try to add the files to iTunes.

My assumption is that iOS supports MJPEG because there are a number of digital cameras that use the format. I don't really see any other reason to have or create such files on anything other than a mobile device.

There are many ways to play media on your Apple tv other than simply having them in iTunes.

Winston Churchill wrote:
My assumption is that iOS supports MJPEG because there are a number of digital cameras that use the format.

That would be my guess too.

There are many ways to play media on your Apple tv other than simply having them in iTunes.

You mean Airplay? iTunes is still the only way to stream to AppleTV if there's no iOS Airplay source in the equation though as far as I know. I suspect iTunes would also choke getting these files onto iOS devices to use in Airplay but maybe not.


If these files play via Airplay you would expect them to also work via itunes>AppleTV 2 wouldn't you?

If these files play via Airplay you would expect them to also work via itunes>AppleTV 2 wouldn't you?

Honestly don't know, I'm not sure iTunes supports AVI, but that doesn't stop iOS doing. If I had an AVI camera, I'd convert the files for iTunes anyway (actually I'd donate the camera to someone I wasn't keen on), however I suppose I could share the files via iphoto or mobile me or connect it to my iPad and share. That's if it's how it works, I don't know I have no AVI files to test with.

I also assume we will see many cameras coming to Market with airplay built in.