MP4 vs MOV

GeoffreyDean33 wrote on 4/4/2018, 10:01 AM

I keep reading that MP4 and MOV are simply "wrappers." Or is that rappers? : ) So, my GH5 and GH5s have lots of amazing recording options and I want to confirm that Vegas Pro 15 doesn't perform any different with MP4 compared with MOV given all the other settings are identical??

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john_dennis wrote on 4/4/2018, 10:56 AM

"... given all the other settings are identical?"

The MOV wrapper allows (though your camera may not be recording) LPCM audio. If you don't care about the audio, then you could treat the wrappers as the same and record the audio in lossy AAC in the MP4 wrapper.

GeoffreyDean33 wrote on 4/4/2018, 11:26 AM

This seems to confirm what you're saying.

NickHope wrote on 4/4/2018, 11:53 AM

MP4 in my GH4 allows PCM audio with AVC video. I seem to remember that was basically a non-standard implementation, but camera manufacturers seem to be taking "standards" with a pinch of salt these days (a nightmare for developers of programs like Vegas). The way I read this page indicates that the GH5 still allows LPCM in MP4 up to 16-bit.

Vegas shouldn't behave differently with MP4 vs MOV if they contain the same video and audio stream formats, as they are similar containers and the last few versions of Vegas use the same codec to decode them. But that assumes AVC or HEVC or ProRes video, since some MOV formats such as M-JPEG, Animation etc. still require Quicktime to decode them.

Some of the findings in this current thread appear to contradict this.

fr0sty wrote on 4/4/2018, 12:52 PM

I can confirm GH5 settings are identical for both MP4 and MOV as long as you select LPCM for both.