I need to know the format of video produced by my Nokia Lumia 925 Lumia with WP 8.1.
I know what is supported from the specifications, but what is the format when I record a video?
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Sign up to join this communityI need to know the format of video produced by my Nokia Lumia 925 Lumia with WP 8.1.
I know what is supported from the specifications, but what is the format when I record a video?
Both the Lumia camera and the stock camera app record Videos as .mp4 files.
EDIT: Here are the specs reported by MediaInfo (stripped of all irrelevant data like duration or date and of course some of it depending on settings)
General
Format : MPEG-4
Format_Profile : Base Media / Version 2
CodecID : mp42
OverallBitRate/String : 54.6 Mbps
Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format_Profile : Main@L5.1
Format_Settings_CABAC/String : No
Format_Settings_RefFrames/String : 2 frames
CodecID : avc1
CodecID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
BitRate/String : 62.5 Mbps
Width/String : 3 840 pixels
Height/String : 2 160 pixels
DisplayAspectRatio/String : 16:9
FrameRate_Mode/String : Variable
FrameRate/String : 24.000 fps
FrameRate_Minimum/String : 23.810 fps
FrameRate_Maximum/String : 24.218 fps
ColorSpace : YUV
ChromaSubsampling : 4:2:0
BitDepth/String : 8 bits
ScanType/String : Progressive
Bits-(Pixel*Frame) : 0.314
colour_primaries : BT.601 NTSC
colour_range : Full
mdhd_Duration : 2122
Audio
ID/String : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format_Profile : LC
CodecID : 40
BitRate_Mode/String : Constant
BitRate/String : 192 Kbps
Channel(s)/String : 1 channel
ChannelPositions : Front: C
SamplingRate/String : 48.0 KHz
Compression_Mode/String : Lossy
StreamSize/String : 49.5 KiB (0%)
Source_StreamSize/String : 49.5 KiB (0%)
I opened videos recorded with both the stock Camera app as well as Lumia Camera on my Lumia 920 with WP8.1/Denim in VLC player on a PC, and it reported the following codec information for both: