[MEncoder-users] h264 muxed into avi

[Nico Sabbi]

john terragon wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I read somewhere that some features of h264 are not
> supported by the avi container (for example b-frames)
> and that using mencoder to create avi with a h264
> video track would make those videos readable only with
> mplayer. I am not sure I understand what this means: 
> 
> -Does it mean that the unsupported features of the
> h264 
>  track (like the b-frames) are still there but can
> only 
>  be correctly interpreted by mplayer 

probably not even by mplayer


>  (and therefore that I could hypothetically extract the h264 video 
>  from the avi container, put it into an mp4 contained,
> 
>  with mp4box for example, and use all the features
> with 
>  other players too)?

the video stream is still perfectly extractable

> 
> -or does it means that if I use h264 features when
> encoding with x264 they will be somehow lost (or
> disabled) when the video is muxed into the avi
> container?
> 

they won't be lost, but keeping sync won't be easy/fun

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