We record video files in the iOS application and want them to play on iOS / Android / Web. Therefore, for this we chose H264 / AAC in the MP4 container. However, with different settings, iOS H264 videos do not play on Android devices (LG D335 / Galaxy S4). How do we play video? An easy way to test is to download the video from a direct link, and then open it in the "Download on Android device" section. For any iOS H264 video, we get "Can not play this file" / "Sorry, this video cannot be played"
The following is a list of video media files.
It is surprising why these video files cannot be played on Android, while H264 / AAC and the basic profile?
Thanks.
MediaInfo Outputs
iOS 1280x720:
General Complete name : /Users/a/Desktop/ios_1280.mp4 Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : QuickTime Codec ID : qt File size : 6.46 MiB Duration : 1s 220ms Overall bit rate mode : Variable Overall bit rate : 44.5 Mbps Recorded date : 2015-08-20T20:33:20+0300 Encoded date : UTC 2015-08-20 17:33:20 Tagged date : UTC 2015-08-20 17:33:22 Writing application : 7.1.2 Writing library : Apple QuickTime Model : iPhone 4 Make : Apple com.apple.quicktime.make : Apple com.apple.quicktime.creationdate : 2015-08-20T20:33:20+0300 com.apple.quicktime.software : 7.1.2 com.apple.quicktime.model : iPhone 4 Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : Baseline@L4.1 Format settings, CABAC : No Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame Format settings, GOP : N=1 Codec ID : avc1 Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding Duration : 1s 220ms Source duration : 1s 235ms Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 43.8 Mbps Width : 1 280 pixels Height : 720 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Rotation : 90° Frame rate mode : Variable Frame rate : 29.970 fps Minimum frame rate : 28.571 fps Maximum frame rate : 30.000 fps Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 1.587 Stream size : 6.45 MiB (100%) Source stream size : 6.45 MiB (100%) Title : Core Media Video Encoded date : UTC 2015-08-20 17:33:20 Tagged date : UTC 2015-08-20 17:33:22 Color range : Limited Color primaries : BT.709 Transfer characteristics : BT.709 Matrix coefficients : BT.709 Audio ID : 2 Format : AAC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Format profile : LC Codec ID : 40 Duration : 1s 220ms Source duration : 1s 254ms Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 64.0 Kbps Channel(s) : 1 channel Channel positions : Front: C Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 9.61 KiB (0%) Source stream size : 9.78 KiB (0%) Title : Core Media Audio Encoded date : UTC 2015-08-20 17:33:20 Tagged date : UTC 2015-08-20 17:33:22
iOS 640x480:
General Complete name : /Users/a/Desktop/ios_640.mp4 Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : QuickTime Codec ID : qt File size : 349 KiB Duration : 1s 133ms Overall bit rate : 2 527 Kbps Recorded date : 2015-08-18T17:46:22+0300 Encoded date : UTC 2015-08-18 14:46:22 Tagged date : UTC 2015-08-18 14:46:23 Writing application : 8.4.1 Writing library : Apple QuickTime Model : iPhone 5s Make : Apple com.apple.quicktime.creationdate : 2015-08-18T17:46:22+0300 com.apple.quicktime.model : iPhone 5s com.apple.quicktime.software : 8.4.1 com.apple.quicktime.make : Apple Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : Baseline@L3 Format settings, CABAC : No Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame Codec ID : avc1 Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding Duration : 1s 133ms Bit rate : 2 434 Kbps Width : 640 pixels Height : 480 pixels Display aspect ratio : 4:3 Rotation : 90° Frame rate mode : Variable Frame rate : 25.588 fps Minimum frame rate : 24.000 fps Maximum frame rate : 30.000 fps Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.310 Stream size : 337 KiB (96%) Title : Core Media Video Encoded date : UTC 2015-08-18 14:46:22 Tagged date : UTC 2015-08-18 14:46:23 Color range : Limited Color primaries : BT.709 Transfer characteristics : BT.709 Matrix coefficients : BT.601 Audio ID : 2 Format : AAC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Format profile : LC Codec ID : 40 Duration : 1s 133ms Source duration : 1s 184ms Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 58.7 Kbps Nominal bit rate : 64.0 Kbps Channel(s) : 1 channel Channel positions : Front: C Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 8.11 KiB (2%) Source stream size : 8.44 KiB (2%) Title : Core Media Audio Encoded date : UTC 2015-08-18 14:46:22 Tagged date : UTC 2015-08-18 14:46:23
Android:
General Complete name : /Users/a/Desktop/android.mp4 Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : Base Media / Version 2 Codec ID : mp42 File size : 2.56 MiB Duration : 3s 546ms Overall bit rate : 6 051 Kbps Performer : LGE Encoded date : UTC 2015-08-18 18:34:11 Tagged date : UTC 2015-08-18 18:34:11 Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : Baseline@L4 Format settings, CABAC : No Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame Codec ID : avc1 Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding Duration : 3s 434ms Bit rate : 6 084 Kbps Width : 640 pixels Height : 480 pixels Display aspect ratio : 4:3 Rotation : 90° Frame rate mode : Variable Frame rate : 30.000 fps Minimum frame rate : 29.900 fps Maximum frame rate : 30.030 fps Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.660 Stream size : 2.49 MiB (97%) Title : VideoHandle Language : English Encoded date : UTC 2015-08-18 18:34:11 Tagged date : UTC 2015-08-18 18:34:11 mdhd_Duration : 3434 Audio ID : 2 Format : AAC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Format profile : LC Codec ID : 40 Duration : 3s 546ms Duration_FirstFrame : 26ms Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 155 Kbps Nominal bit rate : 12.2 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel positions : Front: LR Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 67.0 KiB (3%) Title : SoundHandle Language : English Encoded date : UTC 2015-08-18 18:34:11 Tagged date : UTC 2015-08-18 18:34:11
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