Does VLC play M4F? Also trying to get a IPcam to work.

[r3volution11]

I am trying to play a video stream through the net for a Sony SNC-P1 using VLC (.8.6a) on Windows Vista.

From what I've discovered it looks like the Sony transmits the video in m4f format which is MPEG-4 in a nice candy shell (darn you Sony!).

When I try to load the stream VLC will download it but nothing will appear.

If you think it's required I can give a link to one of the cameras web URL's and the actual directory where the camera stores the streaming format locally. I'd rather not if possible due to bandwidth issues (DSL stinks, where's my Comcast cable?!).

Thanks!

Update:: I changed the camera to JPG mode and VLC now just gives me a black screen. What the dilly?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

What are the messages given by VLC ?

[r3volution11]

packetizer_mpegvideo debug: waiting for sequence start

----------------- ** ^^ Does that until I hit stop -------------------

main debug: control type=0
main debug: control: stopping input
main debug: closing input
main debug: removing module "packetizer_mpegvideo"
main debug: removing module "mpgv"
main debug: removing module "access_http"
main debug: removing module "libmpeg2"
main debug: thread times: real 0m31.786000s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.000000s
main debug: thread 4280 joined (input/decoder.c:191)
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `mpgv', 0 PES in FIFO
main debug: thread times: real 0m32.114000s, kernel 0m0.093600s, user 0m0.046800s
main debug: thread 4036 joined (input/input.c:412)
main warning: refcount is 1, delaying before deletion (id=348,type=-7)

[r3volution11]

Is there any extra information that might help in helping figure out a solution to this problem?

I'm pretty good with tech stuff but this has me stumped. Codec's are a pain.

[vikram]

Hi
this is sony cam transmitted file.
Before transmit video it attach some it own heders. it is RIFF file. U can open this file in RIFF viewer. there you can see structure of file. this is some sort of GOP(group of pictures)
M4f file contains mpeg-4 or jpeg videos. find it then crop that video. then it will play(i think so...). but it is not just plane video file.
the user data starts after "00 00 01 B2" HEX code.

if u success to play let me know.
cheers

[vikram]

sncvideoplayer plays ur m4f file.
cheers