MP4 video file doesn’t display on other Windows computers (Solved!)

Sailor Guy

Member Location: St. Louis, Missouri USA Joined: Aug 19, 2012 10:23 Messages: 73 Offline

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Dec 07, 2015 11:21

I am using PD 13 (13.0.31.30.0) to produce an MP4 video file of a JPEG slideshow.

I create the slideshow timeline using the “Slideshow Creator” to import the JPEGs and select the “Normal” slideshow format and then used “Advanced Editing” to produce the MP4 file.

I select a “H.265 HEVC” file format with the “MPEG-4 640x480/30p (5 Mbps)” profile with a “United States (NTSC)” disc format. (see attached screenshot).

The MP4 file creates successfully and plays back fine on the Windows 7 computer I run PD on. However, if I copy the MP4 video file to any of my other Windows 7 computers and run the MP4 file, no video displays – just a black screen.

This is a new behavior. I’ve created a dozen or so MP4 files in the past that play back fine.Any ideas why I’m getting a black screen playback on other computers?

I have attached a smaller version of the slideshow video to demonstrate the problem.

Thanks,

Sailor Guy

Filename	PD13-MP4-Produce-screenshot.pdf	Download
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Filesize	222 Kbytes
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Filename	Slideshow-test-MP4-640x480-30p.mp4	Download
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Filesize	14509 Kbytes
Downloaded:	212 time(s)

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tomasc

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline

Dec 07, 2015 12:03

I can't play your slideshow on my win 7 pc using wmp. It can play with vlc okay. The h.265 decoding is not built in any windows pc prior to windows 10. Choose h.264 instead to create your mp4 sldeshow for compatibility. See this article about playing h.265 files: http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/h-265-hevc-encoding-explained/ .

JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Dec 07, 2015 12:04

Select H.264 vs H.265.

Jeff

EDIT: tomasc already has your issue covered.

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Sailor Guy

Member Location: St. Louis, Missouri USA Joined: Aug 19, 2012 10:23 Messages: 73 Offline

Dec 08, 2015 10:52

Yep, problem solved. H.264 (instead of H.265) fixed my issue.

Thank you all!

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CS2014

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Dec 09, 2015 20:02

Maybe you can edit your subject line and include 'Solved' then???

Glad you found resolution.

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