H.264 videos

[David1105]

What kinds of file extensions are usually used to contain H.264 videos?

AVI, MP4? Others?

Thanks!

[Dark Shikari]

AVI--almost never, since its not really compatible when B-frames are used.
MKV--probably the most commonly used on the consumer end
MP4--also popular on the consumer end, with much higher corporate and standalone device support.
TS--Broadcast H.264, generally.
EVO--HD-DVD/Blu-Ray container.

[David1105]

AVI--almost never, since its not really compatible when B-frames are used.
MKV--probably the most commonly used on the consumer end
MP4--also popular on the consumer end, with much higher corporate and standalone device support.
TS--Broadcast H.264, generally.
EVO--HD-DVD/Blu-Ray container.

Thanks!

When a so-called H264 .AVI file tells it's in OGG format. How H264 is related to OGG format in this case?

[Dark Shikari]

Thanks!

When a so-called H264 .AVI file tells it's in OGG format. How H264 is related to OGG format in this case?I have no idea what you mean; Ogg is a container format, and it doesn't have the AVI extension. Vorbis is an audio format, but doesn't work in AVI Files.

[David1105]

I have no idea what you mean; Ogg is a container format, and it doesn't have the AVI extension. Vorbis is an audio format, but doesn't work in AVI Files.

If you download those H264 files from http://www.leadcodecs.com/Download/H264-Videos.htm

and view them by MediaInfo, MediaInfo will show it's video format as "Ogg" Not sure if this Ogg is "Ogg container format" or not...

[smok3]

not my version (this are avi files);
General #0
Complete name : D:\dl\WhatBox_720x480_q23.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format/Family : RIFF
File size : 11.6 MiB
PlayTime : 39s 172ms
Bit rate : 2476 Kbps
Video #0
Codec : h264
PlayTime : 39s 172ms
Bit rate : 927 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Aspect ratio : 1.500
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Resolution : 24 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.090
Audio #0
Codec : PCM
Codec/Family : PCM
Codec/Info : Microsoft PCM
PlayTime : 39s 129ms
Bit rate : 1536 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
StreamSize : 7.16 MiB

[David1105]

not my version (this are avi files);
General #0
Complete name : D:\dl\WhatBox_720x480_q23.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format/Family : RIFF
File size : 11.6 MiB
PlayTime : 39s 172ms
Bit rate : 2476 Kbps
Video #0
Codec : h264
PlayTime : 39s 172ms
Bit rate : 927 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Aspect ratio : 1.500
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Resolution : 24 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.090
Audio #0
Codec : PCM
Codec/Family : PCM
Codec/Info : Microsoft PCM
PlayTime : 39s 129ms
Bit rate : 1536 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
StreamSize : 7.16 MiB

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Here's mine...

Complete name : C:\H264\Wachovia_720x480_q26.avi
Format : Ogg
File size : 68.9 MiB
PlayTime : 20h 20mn
Bit rate : 7896 bps
DIRECTX_DURATION : 0x00000000D1A39A40

[Milvus]

Some of theses files are genuine AVI files (What Box?), but others are indeed some OGG strangeness (Limerick), if believe MediaInfo and Hew viewing.

And they don't even seem to be true H.264 files : L264 FourCC, unplayable with FFDShow or MPlayer, even after changing FourCC to H264.

Look like an evil proprietary bastardization, for me.

[David1105]

Some of theses files are genuine AVI files (What Box?), but others are indeed some OGG strangeness (Limerick), if believe MediaInfo and Hew viewing.

And they don't even seem to be true H.264 files : L264 FourCC, unplayable with FFDShow or MPlayer, even after changing FourCC to H264.

Look like an evil proprietary bastardization, for me.


Then how to identify, if using MediaInfo or any other tools, if a video file is H264 or not?