MP4 formats in Windows media Player

marcel-vossen wrote on 7/8/2014, 9:12 AM

Hi there,

I had rendered a movie in MP4 using one of the Vegas presets for XDcam MP4, but my client noticed that it doesn't play in Windows media player. It does play in VLC.

Now I tried the Main Concept AVC encoder MP4 output format and this works in Media Player, does anyone know why there is a difference??

Which output filter should I use to be most compatible with other people on MAC and PC? I need 1920x1080 in a PAL region.

I'm also in doubt if the bitrate setting is basically only determining the quality of the output, or if it should be an exact setting in order to be compliant with the proper standards?

Marcel

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NormanPCN wrote on 7/8/2014, 11:42 AM

MP4 is a file container format. It specifies nothing about the contents.

XDCAM EX in MP4 has mpeg-2 video and PCM audio. Windows media player (DirectShow, Media Foundation) probably does not have an mpeg-2 decoder. VLC is fully self contained and has a ton of video codecs internally supported.

Mainconcept AVC and Sony AVC output AVC/H.264 video with AAC audio. Windows media player does have a decoder for this.

An MP4 file with AVC video would be your most compatible output across all platforms.

marcel-vossen wrote on 7/9/2014, 1:04 PM

THANKS!