C-200 can't play .f4v video

[hustakF]

Hi,
I've got a .f4v video but PCH C-200 can't see it so it can't either be played.
Here's a screenshot form MediaInfo: http://img707.imageshack.us/i/f4vw.jpg/

VLC, Splash PRO and WMP can play it.
Could you tell me why C-200 doesn't support this type of video?

[chris57]

I can tell you that what plays on a PC has no correlation as to what will play on a hardware player. A PC uses software to play files and a PC with its powerful CPU and memory resources can playback more than any hardware player can.
Hardware players have set specifications that a file must comply with to play. Hardware players do not have the cpu and memory to playback anything you throw but they are specifically their to play media so despite their low cpu/memory they perform well. Think of a PC as Hummer that you can drive anywhere and a hardware player as a race car that will go fast but requires a smooth surface.

[hustakF]

So that means that hardware players won't ever support .f4v?
When C-200 can play video with 100 Mbps bitrate, it should play video with 8 Mbps bitrate too independently of video format.
When I render .f4v to .mp4, C-200 plays it with no problem.

[Dave_D]

It means as far as this product is concerned, it doesn't support .f4v.

If you already have a process to convert .f4v to .mp4 then pretty much that's how it has to be for now.

[Tiestor]

Change the extension to .mov and your C200 will play the file. Did the same and i worked for me.

[chris57]

(01-21-2011 12:50 PM)hustakF Wrote:  When C-200 can play video with 100 Mbps bitrate, it should play video with 8 Mbps bitrate too independently of video format.

If only it were that simple.

[chris57]

(05-01-2011 03:18 PM)scumball Wrote:  Or change the extension to .flv

You've lost us there, the 200 series doesn't play .flv.

[AlieniceT]

Just change the file extension from .f4v to .mp4 and the C-200 will see the file and play it fine. I've been able to play .f4v files on all media players that handle mp4/H.264 codec with this simple fix. No recoding required.

[chris57]

Depends what's in the container, think you can also try swf but may be wrong on that one.

[ManiacMatt]

So how do I change the file extension using windows 7. I have alot of F4V's that won't play.

[Insignificance]

(05-28-2011 05:11 AM)ManiacMatt Wrote:  So how do I change the file extension using windows 7. I have alot of F4V's that won't play.

Put the files into a folder.

Then look at the top of the folder and go to Organize --> Folder and Search Options. A new box will pop up. Click on the View tab and uncheck 'Hide extensions for known file types.' You will now see file names with their corresponding file types (vacation.flv versus just vacation). Change the file extension from .flv to .mp4 for all of the videos. Once that's done, go back to Folder and Search Options....View Tab....and check 'Hide extensions for known file types.'

Done!

[ManiacMatt]

(05-28-2011 12:58 PM)Insignificance Wrote:  

(05-28-2011 05:11 AM)ManiacMatt Wrote:  So how do I change the file extension using windows 7. I have alot of F4V's that won't play.

Put the files into a folder.

Then look at the top of the folder and go to Organize --> Folder and Search Options. A new box will pop up. Click on the View tab and uncheck 'Hide extensions for known file types.' You will now see file names with their corresponding file types (vacation.flv versus just vacation). Change the file extension from .flv to .mp4 for all of the videos. Once that's done, go back to Folder and Search Options....View Tab....and check 'Hide extensions for known file types.'

Done!

Thanks for the step by step guide It worked out great. except now they play a little choppy on the PCH.

[growingemily]

(01-21-2011 11:58 AM)hustakF Wrote:  Hi,
I've got a .f4v video but PCH C-200 can't see it so it can't either be played.
Here's a screenshot form MediaInfo: http://img707.imageshack.us/i/f4vw.jpg/

VLC, Splash PRO and WMP can play it.
Could you tell me why C-200 doesn't support this type of video?

you can convert them to c-200 supported format

the following is a step by step guide on how to convert F4V to AVI, MP4, WMV, MOV, MPG, and MKV etc so as to play F4V on Mac, Windows, media devices.

http://www.bigasoft.com/articles/how-to-...-play.html

hope it helps

[keyser]

when I have f4v files, I just drag and drop them one by one to mkvtoolnix and remux them as mkv. never had a problem with the resulting files.

hope this helps.

[healthyemily]

(08-10-2011 09:28 AM)growingemily Wrote:  

(01-21-2011 11:58 AM)hustakF Wrote:  Hi,
I've got a .f4v video but PCH C-200 can't see it so it can't either be played.
Here's a screenshot form MediaInfo: http://img707.imageshack.us/i/f4vw.jpg/

VLC, Splash PRO and WMP can play it.
Could you tell me why C-200 doesn't support this type of video?

you can convert them to c-200 supported format

the following is a step by step guide on how to convert F4V to AVI, MP4, WMV, MOV, MPG, and MKV etc so as to play F4V on Mac, Windows, media devices.



http://www.bigasoft.com/articles/how-to-...-play.html

hope it helps

tks for sharing, it really helps