Elementary streams file extension?

[kidjan]

For testing purposes I want to dump the elementary output of my H.264 encoder (in this case, a DShow wrapper around x264) to a raw file. Is there a "right" extension? Is there a "best" extension (i.e. something preferable over other extensions)?

I dumped the output to both ".264" and ".h264", and saw that I got totally different results in VLC (1.0.1) when I attempted to playback the file. .264 chokes and displays nothing; .h264 plays back perfectly (no timing info of course, so framerate is off). I know this isn't a vlc support forum, but I find this behavior bizarre.

Any comments/help welcome--thanks!

[Guest]

For testing purposes If it's for testing VLC then use ".h264". :)

If it's for testing something else, what is that something?

I prefer the ".avc" extension.

[kidjan]

If it's for testing something else, what is that something?

I work in video surveillance, and we have a custom file system for persisting our recordings. Basically, for testing both the raw output of my H.264 encoder and the validity/integrity of our custom file system. Eventually all of this will get shoved in some container format (likely MP4), but this works for the time being.

[Guest]

Pick an extension that works with the file viewer you want to use.