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hookenz
Asked: 2017-06-02 13:41:03 +0800 CST

How to playback MP4 file in Mpeg4 Part 14 format?

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I have some mp4 video files that come from my iPad. I am wanting to play them on Linux. By default, the player doesn't recognise the format.

$ file 1.1.1.mp4
1.1.1.mp4: ISO Media, MP4 v2 [ISO 14496-14]

What can play them, or how do I convert them to a format that can be played? I've tried VLC. And Totem. Both don't recognise the format.

$ mediainfo -f 1.1.1.mp4
General
Count                                    : 322
Count of stream of this kind             : 1
Kind of stream                           : General
Kind of stream                           : General
Stream identifier                        : 0
Complete name                            : 1.1.1.mp4
File name                                : 1.1.1
File extension                           : mp4
File size                                : 113901589
File size                                : 109 MiB
File size                                : 109 MiB
File size                                : 109 MiB
File size                                : 109 MiB
File size                                : 108.6 MiB
Stream size                              : 113901589
Stream size                              : 109 MiB (100%)
Stream size                              : 109 MiB
Stream size                              : 109 MiB
Stream size                              : 109 MiB
Stream size                              : 108.6 MiB
Stream size                              : 109 MiB (100%)
Proportion of this stream                : 1.00000
File last modification date              : UTC 2017-04-02 08:10:35
File last modification date (local)      : 2017-04-02 20:10:35


ffprobe version 2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 Copyright (c) 2007-2017 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 5.4.0 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4) 20160609
  configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=0ubuntu0.16.04.1 --build-suffix=-ffmpeg --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --cc=cc --cxx=g++ --enable-gpl --enable-shared --disable-stripping --disable-decoder=libopenjpeg --disable-decoder=libschroedinger --enable-avresample --enable-avisynth --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzvbi --enable-openal --enable-opengl --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libiec61883 --enable-libzmq --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-libopencv
  libavutil      54. 31.100 / 54. 31.100
  libavcodec     56. 60.100 / 56. 60.100
  libavformat    56. 40.101 / 56. 40.101
  libavdevice    56.  4.100 / 56.  4.100
  libavfilter     5. 40.101 /  5. 40.101
  libavresample   2.  1.  0 /  2.  1.  0
  libswscale      3.  1.101 /  3.  1.101
  libswresample   1.  2.101 /  1.  2.101
  libpostproc    53.  3.100 / 53.  3.100
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x9bc8e0] moov atom not found
1.1.1.mp4: Invalid data found when processing input


$ dpkg-query -Wf '${Status;1} ${Package}:${Architecture} ${Version}\n' 'gstreamer*-plugins-*' | sed -ne 's/^i //p'
gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad:amd64 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2
gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-faad:amd64 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2
gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-videoparsers:amd64 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2
gstreamer1.0-plugins-base:amd64 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2
gstreamer1.0-plugins-base:i386 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2
gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps:amd64 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2
gstreamer1.0-plugins-good:amd64 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.4
gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly:amd64 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.1
gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly-amr:amd64 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.1


matthewh@xen:~/Desktop$ mkvmerge -o 1.1.1.mkv \( 1.1.1.mp4 \)
mkvmerge v8.8.0 ('Wind at my back') 64bit
'1.1.1.mp4': Using the demultiplexer for the format 'QuickTime/MP4'.
Error: Quicktime/MP4 reader: Have not found the 'mdat' atom. No movie data found.
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