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Ok, this file plays in windows media player but wont play in VLC or Quicktime. Is the file bad or is it something else?

File info;
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
File size : 1.79 MiB

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive

File at;
http://patentlystupid.com/sw/video_0010 ... 082056.mp4

This is a raw H.264 stream and not an MP4 file.

Rename it from .mp4 to .h264 extension and VLC will play it.

Thank you, I missed that I had the mp4 encode turned off.