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

[Michael Niedermayer]

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

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