Answers.Body: <p>It is all about the proprietary codec, i.e. IMM5. The VLC and FFMPEG can't deal with it except patching the avcodec manually using <a href="https://patchwork.ffmpeg.org/project/ffmpeg/patch/20190716170703.10960-1-onemda@gmail.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://patchwork.ffmpeg.org/project/ffmpeg/patch/20190716170703.10960-1-onemda@gmail.com/</a>. Of course, you need to re-compile the ffmpeg using the IMM5 supported avcodec lib.</p>
  <p>Good luck.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I have a sample.mp4 which is currently not playable on VLC or media player and I've checked the FFmpeg values and get the below result? Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p>
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Comments.Text: It would help if you would post your ffmpeg command. Preferably as text.
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Comments.Text: Apologies. it was just ffmpeg -i sample.mp4
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Tags: <ffmpeg><codec><ffprobe>
Title: Hello ffmpeg heroes - please help me with ffmpeg/ffprobe commands to decode a video for me?
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ThreadText: # Hello ffmpeg heroes - please help me with ffmpeg/ffprobe commands to decode a video for me?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-11-12)
  
  I have a sample.mp4 which is currently not playable on VLC or media player and I've checked the FFmpeg values and get the below result? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/vPE4Y.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/vPE4Y.png)
  
  **Tags:** ffmpeg, codec, ffprobe
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: It would help if you would post your ffmpeg command. Preferably as text.  
  > **username_0**: Apologies. it was just ffmpeg -i sample.mp4  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2020-11-14. Score: 1
  
  It is all about the proprietary codec, i.e. IMM5. The VLC and FFMPEG can't deal with it except patching the avcodec manually using <https://patchwork.ffmpeg.org/project/ffmpeg/patch/20190716170703.10960-1-onemda@gmail.com/>. Of course, you need to re-compile the ffmpeg using the IMM5 supported avcodec lib.
  
  Good luck.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thank you! I'll try my luck.  
  
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