MPEG1 files won't play without the MPEG2 component??

[markwm]

I've encoded some AVIs to mpeg1 using FFMpegX and the MPEG1[.mpg] (mpeg2enc) encoder. The problem is on my macs in quicktime, the files will not play unless the $20 MPEG2 component is installed in the quicktime system folder. They play fine in windows and fine in VLC, video streams shows as this:

'mpgv'

I have some mpeg1 files that I've encoded on a windows machine and they play fine in quicktime on my macs, the stream data also says 'mpgv', the audi is the same also.

When encoding to MPEG1[.mpg] (mpeg2enc) in FFMpegX why do I need to have the MPEG2 component for the files to play?


Here's my FFMpegX preset file and I've attached it also, could some please test?:

_encoder=mpeg2enc
_video=true
_videoformat=8
_width=432
_height=336
_ratio=15
_videobitrate=580
_framerate=NTSC (29.97)

_mpegprofile=0
_interlacemode=0
_thread=1
_qmatrix=0
_minq=5
_syncoffset=0
_cbr=false
_nosvcdscan=false
_pulldown=false
_closedgop=false
_bicubicscaling=true
_letterbox=true
_gopheaders=false
_blackwhite=false
_undopulldown=false
_qtdecode=true
_mpdecode=false
_split=false
_chunks=0
_author=false
_authorformat=0
_denoise=false
_deinterlace=false
_luminance=100
_saturation=100
_sharpness=125

_croptop=0.0
_cropbottom=0.0
_cropleft=0.0
_cropright=0.0

_audio=true
_audioformat=1
_audiobitrate=32
_audiosampling=32000
_audiogain=0
_audiochannels=1
_audiomode=0
_invertmap=false



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[dnix71]

Will the original avi play in Quicktime? Anything other than 44.1KHz audio can also cause QT to refuse a file.

Take a problem movie to a Windows machine and use GSpot to see what it reports.

You can use VLC to recode to mp1. File>OpenFile>check Streaming Saving, then click Settings.
In the new tab check PlayFileLocally, click Browse, give the output file a name ending in mpg1,
Under transcoding options check both audio and video and use mpga and mpv1.

Set both video and audio output to something acceptable to QT. Audio should only be 44.1.