Sage and MP4 files

[Karen0302]

I hope someone can help me. I have heard that Sage will playback MP4 video files. How do you get it to do that. I can't even get it to show the MP4 files in the Imported Media list.

Karen

[infocus13]

By MP4 you mean AVIs, or files with an .mp4 extension? I havent actually got any .mp4 files but have plenty of AVIs which import and play 100% fine.

[Karen0302]

I actually did mean MP4 files but they aren't specifically necessary. I was looking for a file format more compressed than Mpeg2 that Sage could play.

Karen

[tmiranda]

There is a line in the properties file that tells Sage what extensions to consider when scanning for media. I can't remember the property offhand, but seach for .avi and you will find it. Edit the properties file and add .mp4 to that property.

Next, install a codec that supports H.264. Many people claim CoreAVC is among the best.

After that you should be good to go.

[infocus13]

Karen, sage plays MP4s fine. You can compress your shows to MP4 using STV's built in compression but I found all the algorithms that shrink the show down substantially result in crap PQ.

I suggest Crunchie (google) - easy to configure & use, and free. quality is good.

[Karen0302]

Okay, Iedited the properties files and now the videos appear in the Imported Media list. I installed the coreAVC codec but Sage still will not play the video. When I watch one I get no picture and an awful squealing sound through the speakers. Do I have to tell sage about the new codec?

Karen

[corykim]

Do you have the always_use_dshow [something like that] property set to "true"? I have the same problem when it's set to true. If I set it to false, then the h.264 video will play, but using Sage's internal decoder, not my dshow decoder. Unfortunately, the internal decoder isn't as good.