H264 output appears black in QuickTime
Posted: 20 May 2010 16:48
I transcoded some videos to MP4/H264 with VLC.
When using the 1.1.0-pre3 version on the Mac, the resulting file has black video when opened in QuickTime (a regression compared to 1.0.5). I first suspected this is due to the 1.1.0-pre3 version using the High Profile (there seems to be a change in the default setting between versions, which may be considered a nasty surprise) but even after explicitly switching VLC to the Main profile, the video appeared only black in QuickTime.
The sound in the file exists (an improvement over 1.0.5) but has glitches all over it, so that seems buggy as well.
I already posted this over in the Mac forum where you can see more details ( viewtopic.php?f=12&t=76460 ) but finding the 1.1.0 forum, I figured you may want to have the information here instead.
When using the 1.1.0-pre3 version on the Mac, the resulting file has black video when opened in QuickTime (a regression compared to 1.0.5). I first suspected this is due to the 1.1.0-pre3 version using the High Profile (there seems to be a change in the default setting between versions, which may be considered a nasty surprise) but even after explicitly switching VLC to the Main profile, the video appeared only black in QuickTime.
The sound in the file exists (an improvement over 1.0.5) but has glitches all over it, so that seems buggy as well.
I already posted this over in the Mac forum where you can see more details ( viewtopic.php?f=12&t=76460 ) but finding the 1.1.0 forum, I figured you may want to have the information here instead.