[FFmpeg-user] No codec

[Jacob Harris]

Excellent. Thanks all.

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Michael Bradshaw <
mbradshaw at sorensonmedia.com> wrote:

> 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
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