Canon Xi mpeg 4 or not? at DVinfo.net

Robert Silvers · December 31st, 2003, 12:11 AM

I jsut got an Xi and the files it outputs are in .asf format, and plays on WM9 once it downloads an audio codec, but will not play on apple even with WM9. LAME. Why could they not use a standard mpeg4 format to make it simple for others to view my files?

Frank Granovski · December 31st, 2003, 12:16 AM

What does it say on the Canon site?

Robert Silvers · December 31st, 2003, 12:25 AM

I have the instruction manual. It calls it mpeg4. But it uses a nonstandard audio codec that requires downloading. What a pain! And it is in .ASF format, which is some streaming format that microsoft patented! Why oh why did they select this? it kills all hope that I can throw a file up on my web page and have family and friends look at it.

Now I have to do it the hard way -- make them myself from a DV file. I mean, that is fine, but I find the camera has TONS of useless features.

You can do stuff like chroma-key jpegs on the memory card over video. Stuff that you would never want to do in a million years in-camera unless you happened to have a $1500 camera and no computer. Geeze.

Sometimes less is more.

Frank Granovski · December 31st, 2003, 02:20 AM

Thanks for mentioning this problem. I thought that MPEG4 was MPEG4, but I see that it is not this simple.

December 31st, 2003, 12:11 AM	#1
Robert Silvers Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 64	Canon Xi mpeg 4 or not? I jsut got an Xi and the files it outputs are in .asf format, and plays on WM9 once it downloads an audio codec, but will not play on apple even with WM9. LAME. Why could they not use a standard mpeg4 format to make it simple for others to view my files?

December 31st, 2003, 12:16 AM	#2
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	What does it say on the Canon site?

December 31st, 2003, 12:25 AM	#3
Robert Silvers Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 64	I have the instruction manual. It calls it mpeg4. But it uses a nonstandard audio codec that requires downloading. What a pain! And it is in .ASF format, which is some streaming format that microsoft patented! Why oh why did they select this? it kills all hope that I can throw a file up on my web page and have family and friends look at it. Now I have to do it the hard way -- make them myself from a DV file. I mean, that is fine, but I find the camera has TONS of useless features. You can do stuff like chroma-key jpegs on the memory card over video. Stuff that you would never want to do in a million years in-camera unless you happened to have a $1500 camera and no computer. Geeze. Sometimes less is more.

December 31st, 2003, 02:20 AM	#4
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	Thanks for mentioning this problem. I thought that MPEG4 was MPEG4, but I see that it is not this simple.