Mp4 ... no comment

There is an MPEG-4 plugin for Windows Media Player from but I haven't tested it much.

i'm still lookin for nice encoder.... mpegable 4x is lores useless sh*t, QT6pro won't accept anything but real .avi (no frameserving with avs or VFAPI..etc.) mpeg4ip guys speak of compiling my own win version mp4 might die before it was born.....

? You can convert an XviD avi to an mp4 stream with the mpeg4ip tools. -h

Or use MP4UI (wich was compiled using the MP4IP sources ) My disappoint was for commercial players that say that they are MP4 compilant, but in reality they aren't. wmp4player (made by MP4UI team) is the most compilant I have ever tested. A lot of work has to be made, but they're working well, congratulations.

Whats the benefit to using MP4 as a container? Is it that you can have XviD & AAC? Is it so you can burn to CD and potentially play them in the new DVD players that support MP4 (to whatever extent) It is cos it's cool? It is because its a proper standard such as MPEG1 and 2? I've been using: AVI (Divx 3.11 and VBR mp3) AVI (XviD and VBR mp3) AVI (XviD and AC3) OGG (XviD and vorbis) and so my collection is a mess in terms of standards! I have found that my AVIs are prone to failing and the Ogg files I have sem to be a little more tollerant of errors on a CD, so is this a benefit of MP4 too? There also seem to be very few tools for MP4 usage, I thought that the licensing terms for MPEG4 alowed edicational projects now? (maybe I miss-understood this) Is AVI still king purely because of its adoption?

Thanks Christian, thats a great reply. I'm glad you are back on here!

Hm will it be (technically) possible to play back mode2-mp4 files in standaloneplayers (similar to s/vcd)? Using the search button i just found an older thread in which de_xt wrote that mp4 files dont work with his mode2 cd maker, how is the situation now?

Some day he might. But as for now how often would you need such a feature as opposed to MPEG1 and 2 edditing?

is that mpeg4 advanced simple profile compatibility for mpeg4ip tools still on the works?? it has been that wah for almos a year