X264 is NOT the same as H264. H264 is an encoding standard. X264 is a program or library to encode to the H264 standard. It’s not just “Name” slightly changed.
On 12 Jan 2015, at 19:06, [email protected] wrote: > On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 12:33 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>> I doubt the TV stations use x264, > >> I thought DVB-S2 (HD satellite television) is quite commonly using >> H.264... But that is probably off-topic on this list. > > They do, in fact. Here is a VideoSpec (OS X video analyzing software) report > for a program I recorded last night from a DVB-S2 channel in the United > States. Only the "Name" has been changed slightly so as not to reveal the > name of the program that was recorded: > > ***** Analyzed File Results ***** > > *** General Parameters *** > - Name: Recording_Name.2015-01-11.ts > - Container: Mpeg Transport Stream > - Size: 9.32 GB > - Duration: 1h 4mn > - Bitrate: 19.3 Mbps > > *** Video Track Parameters *** > - Format: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC <----- ***** HERE IS WHERE IT SHOWS H.264 > ***** > - Bitrate: Max.: 17.4 Mbps / Average: 16.5 Mbps / Min.: --- > - Frame rate (fps): Max.: Undefined / Average: 59.940 / Min.: Undefined > - Encoding profile: [email protected] > - Image size: 1280*720 > - Pixel Aspect Ratio: Undefined > - Display Aspect Ratio: 16:9 > - Interlacing: Progressive > > *** First Audio Track Parameters *** > - Format: Mpeg-1 layer 2 (mp2) > - Bitrate: 256 Kbps > - Resolution: Undefined > - Rate: 48.0 KHz > - Channel(s): 2 (stereo) > - Position: Undefined > > *** Miscellaneous *** > - Subtitle(s): #1 : EIA-608 - --- / #2 : EIA-708 - --- / #3 : EIA-708 - --- / > - Album: Undefined > - Performer: Undefined > - Genre: Undefined > - Encoded date: Undefined > - Album artist: Undefined > > I don't know about the rest of the world, but it is very common to use H.264 > on DVB-S2 feeds in North America. > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list [email protected] http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user
