MP4 Export from FCPX, Compressor, QT7 won’t work with Android 4.x

[Dave Gage]

[Dave Gage] ”
So the question remains,

…why does this process work? Why can’t I get an MP4 out of any Apple encoding program that works with Android 4.x? I did re-test yesterday on Android 2.x and my original files played fine as well as the new one out of MPEG StreamClip. Google broke (changed) something in Android 4.x. It’s not a big deal, I’m happy for this simple solution, but I am curious. It might have something to do with “baseline”, but I still really don’t understand what that means. Here’s the post that originally led me to try MPEG StreamClip-
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23260996#23260996“

Anybody? What is MPEG StreamClip doing different so that it works with Android devices 4.x but Apple encodes do not?

[Jeremy Garchow]

It could be a huge number of variables from video profile to audio sample rate and compression.

There’s an App on the AppStore that lists the contents of file structures.

Try this and see what is different between the two: https://mediainspector.massanti.com/

Jeremy

[Dave Gage]

[Jeremy Garchow] “There’s an App on the AppStore that lists the contents of file structures.

Try this and see what is different between the two: https://mediainspector.massanti.com/“

Okay, it cost me a whole $2.99, but it’s done. I don’t see any difference except for the last line of the Compressor export – “Encoding Library Apple Quicktime”. Here’s the screenshot of the side-by-side:

[Jeremy Garchow]

It seems like you might want to ask an Android support site.

Perhaps this is a bug,

[Dave Gage]

[Jeremy Garchow] “t seems like you might want to ask an Android support site.”

Nah, I need to stop here and move on to real work. I’d like to know the reason out of curiosity, but now that I know the workaround, that’s all that really matters. My guess is that Google can’t stand Apple (and vice-versa of course) and this is intentional. Yes, it’s a conspiracy theory, but that’s all I got at the moment.

Dave

[Jeremy Garchow]

Some may call it a bug.

[Dave Gage]

[Jeremy Garchow] “Some may call it a bug.”

Where’s the fun in that. Besides, this bug has been around for quite some time now. I’ve had problems with all versions of Android 4.x and they are up to 4.4 something or other. Android 2.x worked fine. Never tested v3.x.