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

[İsmail Dönmez]

Hi,

On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 9:19 PM, Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 08:49:51PM +0200, ?smail D?nmez wrote:
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 8:37 PM, Mark Himsley <mark at mdsh.com> wrote:
>  > > Hey,
>  > >
>  > >  ?smail D?nmez wrote:
>  > >
>  > >   > Hi,
>  > >
>  > >  > > > > > 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
>  > >   >
>  > >
>  > >  > Yes I meant to say MPEG4, sorry.
>  > >
>  > >  So you are confirming that you think this check for CODEC_ID_H264 is
>  > >  required?
>  >
>  > Well, this behaviour comes from old PSP firmware where Sony required a
>  > similar UUID for mp4 files, so as far as I know this is just required
>  > for mp4 container. So if we could check for the container it would be
>  > the best.
>
>  container is IPOD not mov and not mp4 :)
>  anyway its not the ipod firmware but the software to copy the files that
>  rejects them without that UUID, IIRC the ipod happily plays them without the
>  UUID

iPod (at least 5th generation) won't play any file that doesn't have
that UUID, this is with newer firmwares. But I only tested with h264.

Regards,
ismail

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