[Mp4-tech] Standalone H264 player

[Donald Koeleman]

As for VLC, may I suggest downloading this one (8.0.2 first beta), instead
of 8.0.1.
Info:
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=9199
Direct download:
windows:
http://download2.videolan.org/pub/videolan/testing/vlc-0.8.2-test1/win32/vlc-0.8.2-test1-win32.exe
osx:
http://download2.videolan.org/pub/videolan/testing/vlc-0.8.2-test1/macosx/vlc-0.8.2-test1.dmg
For linux and other platforms grab the sourcecode.
I tried it today, and it seems to handle Quicktime produced h.264 files
quite well. Including some of the Quicktime HD gallery stuff. I downloaded
the 420P version of the Serenity promo, and I was able to play it back on a
Dell p4 2.8c with 512 MByte of RAM.
I could not get the demo files at http://www.fastvdo.com/H.264.html to play.
Last time I tried the demo version of their Windows Media Plug-in repeatedly
failed to install, so I couldn't try it with their own codec.
A few weeks ago, I tried ffdshow and one or two players using the ffdshow
library, but have never been able to get any of it to play h.264 files.
Earlier in the month (oops that's May), I did download the Moonlight
player/codec, I am not sure (belief I did, though) if I tried installing it
and failed (perhaps I did not get all of the components and downloaded just
some filters, or an older version, as there is an Israeli and a Russian
site, and various downloadable stuff), or left installation for another day.
Anyway, it never played any files on my pc, so I can't comment on its
quality.
For me, this new vlc beta worked right out of the box on the Quicktime 7
files, but not on the other files (using the .264 extension), I found
online. Perhaps some-one can suggest some links to other non-qt files to
try?
cheers,
Donald
----- Original Message ----- 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Waggoner [mailto:ben benwaggoner.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2024 19:32
> To: Jayant Chauhan
> Cc: mp4-tech lists.mpegif.org
> Subject: Re: [Mp4-tech] Standalone H264 player
>
> Jayant,
>
>      QuickTime 7 on Mac will play H.264 in .mp4 format.  Windows
> version forthcoming
>
>      VideoLAN Client (VLC) has some H.264 support in its current
> 0.8.1 version, although it's much improved in the version in CVS.  It
> supports the codec in a variety of wrappers, including .mp4.
>
>      There's a Moonlight player for Windows as well, but I haven't
> spent much time with it.
>
>
> Ben Waggoner, Interframe Media           http://www.interframemedia.com
> Technology and Strategy for Digital Media
>
> My Book:            http://www.cmpbooks.com/compression/
> My Tutorials        http://www.classondemand.net/benwaggoner/
> My Stanford Class   http://www.digitalmediaacademy.org/compression.html
>
> On Jun 1, 2005, at 3:45 AM, Jayant Chauhan wrote:
>
> > Is there any standalone player for H264 files?!