[FFmpeg-user] No codec

[Michael Bradshaw]

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Jacob Harris <jacob at jacobharris.org> wrote:
> This is the output of ffmpeg -i:
>
> Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from
> '/home/jacobharris/Desktop/movie.mov':
>   Metadata:
>     major_brand     : qt
>     minor_version   : 537199360
>     compatible_brands: qt
>   Duration: 00:00:00.04, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1591093 kb/s
>     Stream #0.0(eng): Video: rawvideo, argb, 1920x1080, 1590932 kb/s, PAR
> 1000:1000 DAR 16:9, 23.98 fps, 23976 tbr, 23976 tbn, 23976 tbc
>
> So I tried rawvideo and argb and I think that's what I'm after. It's not
> "None" like QuickTime says, but maybe it's the closest I'll get?

"None" isn't a technical term. If you look at your output from ffmpeg,
it reports the codec is "rawvideo" with an "argb" pixel format, even
though QuickTime is telling you "None." "rawvideo" quite literally
means raw (uncompressed, unprocessed) video.

QuickTime says "None" because that's a more user-friendly term for the
non-video savvy people, while ffmpeg prefers the term "rawvideo"
because it means a bit more to the video savvy, but in the end it's
the same.

--Michael