[FFmpeg-user] MPEG-2 video, m2v1 (?) vs mp2v

[Jason C]

I discovered the -vtag option. There also seems to be "mpgv"... but it only
works in certain containers (e.g. works with AVI, ffmpeg fails with MOV).
Now I'm really confused...

Jason

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 9:20 PM, Jason C <jason.cipriani at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm using ffmpeg on Windows, the latest build available as of the time of
> this writing:
>
>   ffmpeg version N-78067-g9079e99 Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg
> developers
>
> My goal is to create an MPEG-2 video (container format doesn't matter).
> When I use "-vcodec mpeg2video" the output has the fourcc "m2v1". This
> output is unplayable in VLC, Windows Media Player (with K-Lite codec pack),
> mplayer, and the QuickTime player. Additionally, "m2v1" doesn't seem to
> exist in any fourcc databases. It seems to be incorrect.
>
> What I *have *found is that the fourcc for MPEG-2 video seems to actually
> be "mp2v", but I can't find another MPEG-2 video codec listed with
> "-codecs".
>
> So my main question is: How do I encode an MPEG-2 video with ffmpeg, with
> fourcc code "mp2v", or at least to something that is playable by any common
> media players?
>
> And my second question is: What is "m2v1"? It seems to be rarely used,
> possibly nonexistent, and possibly unique to ffmpeg (although I did read
> some forum posts that look like rare combinations of older Mac software
> used to generate it).
>
> Actually I have a third question: I also have a similar problem with
> MPEG-1, where ffmpeg uses "m1v1" which is unplayable by VLC at least, but
> I'm not actually sure what the fourcc is supposed to be.
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>