Re: [Motion-user] ffmpeg and mpeg4 codec

[Jeff G. <jg...@kr...>]

Hmmm... I wonder if this is related to the issue where often Quicktime 
is unable to play some short duration .mov files created by motion.

Jeff G.

Mailing List SVR wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> if I choose mpeg4 ad ffmpeg_video_codec for motion films the file is not
> correctly closed, I have to use ffmpeg on_movie_end to obtain a valid
> mpeg4, something like this:
>
> ffmpeg -i <filename> -an -b 1800k -vcodec mpeg4 <correctmp4>
>
> only after the encoding via ffmpeg,  mp4info give can detect a valid mp4
> format:
>
> mp4info 20080625190633.mp4 
> mp4info version 1.6
> 20080625190633.mp4:
> Track	Type	Info
> 1	video	MPEG-4 Simple @ L1, 563.700 secs, 0 kbps, 720x576 @ 10.000000
> fps
>
> However the encoding is cpu intensive and I would like to avoid this
> additiona step.
>
> I noticed that motion output a valid mov (mp4info detect it without
> problem) if I set mov as ffmpeg_video_codec, why isn't the same for
> mpeg4? 
>
> A valid mpeg4 is essential if I want to hint the movie and then stream
> via darwin streaming server,
>
> thanks
> Nicola
>
>
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