Tag: mp4

Support for FLAC in ISO BMFF with MSE in StreamingServer application

Chrome platform supports FLAC encoding in ISO BMFF (fragmented MP4) media since version 62 (October 2017), however the support for FLAC (and Opus) overall did not become standard and comprehensive since then. I hooked up Microsoft FLAC Audio Encoder MFT into media streaming application to produce media and check browser compatibility. /audio.mp4?flac – produces FLAC…

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Bug in Media Foundation MPEG-4 File Source related to timestamping video frames of a fragmented MP4 file

Some recent update in Media Foundation platform introduced a new bug related to fragmented MP4 files and H.264 video. The bug shows up consistently with file versions: mfplat.dll – 10.0.14393.351 (rs1_release_inmarket.161014-1755)    15-Oct-16 05:48 mfmp4srcsnk.dll – 10.0.14393.351 (rs1_release_inmarket.161014-1755)    15-Oct-16 05:45 The nature of the problem is that MPEG-4 File Source is incorrectly time stamping the data:…

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Screen recording using Desktop Duplication API and hardware H.264 encoder

The application takes advantage of three powerful Windows APIs at a time: Desktop Duplication API Media Foundation Hardware H.264 Video Encoders MediaFoundationDesktopRecorder initializes a desktop duplication session and sends obtained desktop images to H.264 video encoder producing a standard MP4 recording. Optionally, it can add an audio track capturing data from one of the standard…

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Untweetable Video

Two H.264 MP4 files, close one to another. The files are playable, a sort of: Windows desktop players (except Media Foundation based), QuickTime, Android and iOS devices play them. The files are not flawless but make sense, hence the glitches. There is a problem with the second file, which is rejected by Twitter “Your media…

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