Best file format for Media Framework?

anonymous_user_bcd0d281 · December 14, 2014, 9:30pm

What is the best video and audio codecs for videos you want to use with Media Framework?

I know the documentation for Media Framework says the Windows plug-in currently doesn’t handle H.264 and .mp4 files really well, but its there a preferred format that works best on Windows?

Media Framework documentation is here: Media Framework in Unreal Engine | Unreal Engine 5.1 Documentation

Thanks!

Pwnguin · June 1, 2015, 10:29am

Hello there! the best format you can choose right now would be .wmv. in my experience ue4 can handle those videos pretty performant and i have had no issues with importing even big files.

anonymous_user_bcd0d281 · June 1, 2015, 1:21pm

Do you have any experience with using the Media Framework on OS X? I know OS X won’t decode WMV natively, but I’m not sure what other format to use there.

Pwnguin · June 4, 2015, 1:58pm

i use UE4 just on a windows machine so i cannot tell you about mac but you can export media files as wmv out of premiere pro even on mac so id suggest to give it a try

anonymous_user_d693c7c31 · June 11, 2015, 8:54pm

MP4 and MOV with H.264 encoding should work on Mac.

anonymous_user_bcd0d281 · June 12, 2015, 2:42am

Thanks for the info.

anonymous_user_940e3115 · April 18, 2016, 6:36am

H.264 encoding MP4

anonymous_user_bcd0d281 · April 18, 2016, 2:47pm

The Media Framework documentation says H.264 encoded .mp4 files have issues on Windows. I ended up using WMV files in a Windows game and they worked great. Never got a chance to test it out on OS X.

Godsanimator · June 8, 2016, 1:12pm

what settings are you using for WMV encoding?