[FFmpeg-user] What video formats to support?

[Jon Drukman]

Dotan Cohen <dotancohen <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> A user has a collection of video files from various sources. He need
> to know exactly which video formats he has in use so that he can buy a
> compatible media player such as this:
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/H-264-RM-RMVB-MKV-FLV-HDD-TV-MEDIA-PLAYER-VGA-HDMI-720P-/390317355636?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_CDPlayerSeparates&hash=item5ae0ba3274
> 
> Can ffmpeg tell use which container formats and codecs are in use on a
> particular file? I went through the fine manpage but saw no mention of
> it. Googling finds me nothing relevant either.
> 
> Thanks!
> 


I bought one of these.
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=320

I suspect that it uses ffmpeg internally.  The list of formats it supports seems
to tally very closely with that of ffmpeg.

Anyway, I haven't yet found anything that it can't play.