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Posted: **25 Oct 2013 11:02**

Hello!

I'm trying to save a h264 stream into file. I'm using this command

:sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,scale=1,deinterlace,acodec=none}:file{dst=filePath.mp4} :sout-keep

but it saves me in avc baseline@L4.0 which is not supported by any other codec pack in system. Windows media player can NOT play it, but vlc has no problem. Why is that? I think it could be something with videos, because I have saved another video from youtube with this command and it can by playing by any player (below is comparision)

Thanks in advance,
Regards!

Video info - not running in windows media player:

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Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Base Media
Codec ID                                 : isom
File size                                : 24.0 MiB
Duration                                 : 50s 702ms
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 3 966 Kbps
Encoded date                             : UTC 2013-10-16 09:16:47
Tagged date                              : UTC 2013-10-16 09:16:47
Writing application                      : vlc 2.1.1-20131014-0203 stream output

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : Baseline@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC                   : No
Format settings, ReFrames                : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP                     : M=1, N=30
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 50s 702ms
Source duration                          : 50s 736ms
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 4 000 Kbps
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 088 pixels
Original height                          : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Original display aspect ratio            : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Variable
Frame rate                               : 29.821 fps
Original frame rate                      : 30.000 fps
Minimum frame rate                       : 3.333 fps
Maximum frame rate                       : 31.250 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.064
Stream size                              : 23.9 MiB (100%)
Source stream size                       : 24.0 MiB (100%)
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2013-10-16 09:16:47
Tagged date                              : UTC 2013-10-16 09:16:47
mdhd_Duration                            : 50702

Other video playing in all players:

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Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Base Media
Codec ID                                 : isom
File size                                : 37.3 MiB
Duration                                 : 3mn 28s
Overall bit rate                         : 1 505 Kbps
Encoded date                             : UTC 2013-10-22 10:29:10
Tagged date                              : UTC 2013-10-22 10:29:10
Writing application                      : vlc 2.1.1-20131014-0203 stream output
Comment                                  : QuickTime 6.0 or greater

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 1 frame
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 3mn 28s
Source duration                          : 3mn 28s
Bit rate                                 : 1 305 Kbps
Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
Height                                   : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 25.000 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.057
Stream size                              : 32.4 MiB (87%)
Source stream size                       : 32.4 MiB (87%)
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2013-10-22 10:29:10
Tagged date                              : UTC 2013-10-22 10:29:10
mdhd_Duration                            : 208200

Posted: **25 Oct 2013 17:43**

I have been testing and the result is also weird. For avi mux i got codec h264 (in stable 64 bit version) and it works fine. But in the latest night 64 version i got also codec Advanced Video Coding which is not possible to open by windows media player.

Posted: **05 Nov 2013 20:47**

Try to put in TS mux. And share the broken file.

Posted: **06 Nov 2013 12:03**

Hi!
Thanks for the suggestion. Now its working, i mean i can play a video avc in windows media player. This is what im using:

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:sout=#std{access=file,mux=ts,dst=filePath.mp4} :sout-keep

But file is getting too big, with h264 it was very nice, but it can not be viewed in windows media player. Could you tell me why?

Thanks, regards!

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