2009-06-10, 16:23
CapnBry Wrote:Following your argument, MPEG4 is just MPEG2 with more features, which is just MPEG1 and they're all just video so why not have an icon that says VIDEO so everyone knows the video stream uses a video codec?Seems i didn't make myself clear enough, sorry for that:
The difference between them as far as I am concerned is that they use different decoders. The code acts generically, asking the demuxer "What is the name of the codec you'd use to decode this stream?" If the underlying subsystem thinks the distinction between mspeg4v2 and mpeg4 is important enough to differentiate them, that's what you get. Personally, I'd prefer less variety in the name.
I have no problem if the system displays the codec used for de- instead of encoding.
My problem is that mpeg4 simply isn't a codec and thus "mpeg4asp"/"mpeg4avc" would be more correct than "mpeg4"/"h264".