On 07/08/2010 06:50 PM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > How should I view .m4v files with totem. > Is there a gst-plugin or a use flag for gst-plugins-meta? > > I have used the following, which "works", but the video quality is bad > ffmpeg -i file.m4v file.avi > totem file.avi
Multimedia file types still confuse me. I believe the codecs for the packaged audio and video are the important thing when converting formats. If the video and audio streams are copied rather than re-encoded, the quality should be maintained regardless of the particular packaging. What does "file yourfile.m4v" say? For example: #file myfile.mpg myfile.mpg: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 512 x 384, 25.00 fps, video: Microsoft MPEG-4 v3, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (mono, 24000 Hz) Totem displays the sample file I used above, so I must have the right codecs installed, but I can't tell you which package they came from. What does totem say when you play your m4v file?
