H.264 in M4V is not playable with VLC

[NeoSyRenity]

Hi.

I have an issue with VideoLan 1.0 RC1 not playing H.264 video in M4V format (RAW video).

The video was encoded with FFMPEG with the following command line:
ffmpeg -i sample.mp4 -f m4v -vcodec libx264 h264.m4v
and
ffmpeg -i sample.mp4 -f h.264 -vcodec libx264 h264.m4v

The video IS playable by ffplay.

VLC just briefly shows a black screen, then closes. The logs have the following message appearing every time:
main warning: can't get output picture

Any idea how to solve this issue, or is it a bug?

Regards.

[Lotesdelere]

I believe it's a bug, morelike a regression since VLC 0.9.9 is able to play such streams.

See ticket #2617.

[NeoSyRenity]

Thanks for the update - hope it would be fixed.

By the way, I found another issue with mpeg-4 raw streams, it will be great if you give it a look here:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=59583

Regards.

[raimo]

Same here:

I have a video file H264/Mpeg4-avc (avc1 codec) which doesn't play in VLC.
I only hear the audio.

When I open the file in Media Player classic I can see the video as well.

vlc version: 1.0.3

[hostonmark]

It is problem while playing such H.264 in M4V may be it cannot be played or it play only audio and not the video due to its compatablity.
The solution to this problem is avaliable with VLC8 and VLC9 works completely fine with it.