[FFmpeg-user] How to compress .MOV file compatible to Canon camera

Moritz Barsnick barsnick at gmx.net
Mon Mar 16 10:21:35 EET 2020


On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 04:10:57 -0400, Ted Park wrote:
> I’m not sure if you were asking about playback on the camera,

That's the whole point of the thread...

> Just curious, but what are you trying to do? Are you looking to play
> footage from other cameras? Or watch completely unrelated sources,
> like maybe saving a movie to watch it on your camera??

The scenario was very well outlined in Ulf's original e-mail. Check the
archives if you deleted the thread on your side:

> on my Canon PowerShot A2200 I have some movies in Quicktime format.
> I can compress them 5x without any visible quality lost.
>
> When I copy them back to the camera, they are no more playable on the
> camera. Damn, I wanted to save space on the memory card.
>
> Does anyone have an idea, which options maybe could help to get a
> compatible format for my camera?

Cheers,
Moritz


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