2009-06-10, 00:23
lx01 Wrote:But don't you do that yourself by differentiating between mpeg4 and h264 (which is also mpeg4, just a different part)?
I just think that the current solution is somewhat inconsistent:
For DivX/XVID you're displaying a whole family of coding standards ("mpeg4") for what is really just a part of that family (Part 2 "MPEG4 ASP"), while for another part of that family you're displaying the actual codec.
I think a more correct solution would be either:
- always display the actual codec used for encoding (like suggested before) or
- only display the used mp4 profile (rename "mpeg4" to "mpeg4 asp" and rename "h264" to "mpeg4 avc")
While h264 is basically just a synonym for "mpeg-4 part 10", divx, xvid etc. are just different codecs to create a "mpeg-4 part 2" compliant video. So it is ok to distinguish between h264 and mpeg4 (and mpeg2 and mpeg1).