What do I need to watch mp4 hd?

[fabiotv]

Hi.

I downloaded a clip from vimeo and Sage lists it
as an HD h.264 file.

This is a Gspot capture:

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When I try to play it back I get a black screen and no messages.
I tried with MP4 on directshow or on Sage but it's the same.

On the same machine with VLC it works. In the codec properties, there are mp4a and avc1.

What do I have to check in order to make it work with Sage?

Thanks.

[MitchSchaft]

Have you tried renaming it to mpg?

[Taddeusz]

Originally Posted by MitchSchaft

Have you tried renaming it to mpg?

I've seen you ask this twice. Out of curiosity why do you think this will work? The file is clearly an mp4 container, not mpg. Renaming it to mpg at best would do nothing and at worst confuse the splitter.

Back on topic. Do you have an H.264 codec installed?

[MitchSchaft]

Because it does work sometimes depending on what codecs you have installed. Hello?

[Taddeusz]

Originally Posted by MitchSchaft

Because it does work sometimes depending on what codecs you have installed. Hello?

I've never ever heard that. It makes no sense to me.

[fabiotv]

Originally Posted by Taddeusz

Do you have an H.264 codec installed?

I think I have because Sage plays regularly other files with h.264 icon on them.
The difference is this last one has the HD icon too.

Which way I could check which codecs I have installed?

Thanks.

... and no, renaming it to mpg doesn't make any difference.

Thanks anyway.

[scat]

fabiotv

Take a look at post #16 here: http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34919

Scat

[Taddeusz]

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I would highly recommend against codec packs, particularly ones with illegally included codecs. Despite being illegal codec packs can also really jack up your directshow graphs and actually make things worse. IMHO, codec packs are for the lazy who don't want to figure out which ones they actually need. I take more of a minimalist approach and install only those codecs I need and stay far away from the packs.

[MitchSchaft]

It's just a troubleshooting step. Makes plenty of sense to me and works often when I troubleshoot others.

[babgvant]

You could try AntiPack. It includes a mp4 source/splitter, AVC/h.264 and AAC decoder (your file).

[babgvant]

Originally Posted by MitchSchaft

It's just a troubleshooting step. Makes plenty of sense to me and works often when I troubleshoot others.

Changing the file extension could work if a source filter is installed for one container (mpeg), while being able to split another container but doesn't register for it OOTB (or was configured that way during the install).