[Matplotlib-devel] switch default to h264

[Chris Barker]

On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 6:21 AM, Benjamin Root <ben.v.root at gmail.com> wrote:

> In my research for the animation chapter of my book, I also came to the
> conclusion that the `mpeg4` codec in a .mp4 container was the best bet for
> out-of-the-box compatibility across platforms.
>

Ben -- is that H.264? It seem "mpeg 4" is not well defined. from Wikipedia:
>


"MPEG-4 is still an evolving standard and is divided into a number of
parts. Companies promoting MPEG-4 compatibility do not always clearly state
which "part" level compatibility they are referring to."

Sigh.



>  The one place where that format didn't work was MS PowerPoint on Windows
> (but, oddly enough, it worked on PowerPoint on MacOSX).
>

That's because PPT punts to the "system" for decoding -- it has little if
any built-in support. A freakin' nightmare.


> Note, I did that test a couple of years ago on a Windows 7 machine, so I
> don't know if that limitation is still valid.
>

I think H.264 is getting better and better supported.

Question: how is MPL planning to support it? Is there a
not-too-hard-to-install cross platform lib???

-CHB



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