[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] add uuid box to MP4 to make h.264 play on iPod

[Mark Himsley]

?smail D?nmez wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 6:41 PM, Mark Himsley <mark at mdsh.com> wrote:
>   
>> Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>>  > On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:14:43PM +0000, Mark Himsley wrote:
>>  >
>>
>>     
>>>> -    else if(track->enc->codec_id == CODEC_ID_H264)
>>>>         
>>  >> +    else if(track->enc->codec_id == CODEC_ID_H264) {
>>  >>          mov_write_avcc_tag(pb, track);
>>  >> +        if(track->mode == MODE_IPOD)
>>  >> +            mov_write_uuid_tag_ipod(pb);
>>  >> +    }
>>  >>
>>  >
>>  > Why is this h.264 specific?
>>  >
>>
>>  Because, as I understand it, the uuid tag is only required by Apple for
>>  H.264 material.
>>     
>
> As far as I know MPEG2 video files are not affected by this UUID crap.
> And iPod only supports MPEG2 & H.264.
>   

No it doesn't. IPod also accepts MPEG4 part 2.

As Apple say[1] "iPod can play the following video formats [...] MPEG-4 
video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 x 480, 30 frames per sec [...] in .m4v, .mp4, 
and .mov file formats"

[1] http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/creatingvideo.html

-- 
Mark