Comments on: I hate software, part 7

By: Bruno

Bruno — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:33:54 +0000

Thanks Eugenia! it worked great, its for a Quicktime stream server, the MP4 carrier only stream the audio part of the file, but with this conversion its working like a normal Quicktime file.

By: Eugenia

Eugenia — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:02:53 +0000

Why do you want to make it .mov? All Quicktime-enabled devices and players can playback .MP4 just fine. Mp4 is more compatible with devices than .mov is.

To answer your question, ffmpeg can do this correctly: ffmpeg.exe -i input.mp4 -f mov -vcodec copy -acodec copy output.mov

By: Bruno

Bruno — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:23:53 +0000

Thanks Eugenia, I tried the Quicktime Pro and it works great, do you know if there is a way to do it in reverse? i got a MP4 AVC made in Nero Recode and I want it to be in a Quicktime carrier, but only let me the encoding parameters, and the Quicktime H.264 compression it’s really bad, thanks in advance.

By: Eugenia

Eugenia — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:00:17 +0000

I just tried mp4box, and this seems to work better than the rest (well, it is a utility specializing in mp4, so I wouldn’t expect differently). I have not try it on the PS3 yet, but it works with quicktime: mp4box.exe -add input.mov output.mp4

By: edogawaconan

edogawaconan — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:35:57 +0000

update: just found a h264-aac mov file and it seems to work fine (with media player classic / haali splitter / ffdshow). haven’t tested with quicktime (as I don’t have it installed) or ps3/xbox360 (don’t own them) though.

By: edogawaconan

edogawaconan — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:18:56 +0000

tried mp4box?

By: Eugenia

Eugenia — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:44:50 +0000

It’s a solution that was tested and it was *supposed* to work.

By: l3v1

l3v1 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:27:49 +0000

“Only that this file is broken and it doesn’t work.”

So, how is this a “tested _solution_”