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How to convert h264 file to m4v file

Installing ffmpeg on Mac OS X

Using Homebrew

The simplest way to install ffmpeg on Mac OS X is with Homebrew.

Once you have Homebrew installed install ffmpeg from the Terminal with the following:

$ brew install ffmpeg

Homebrew installs ffmpeg with many of the common codecs including H.264.

Convert h264 file to m4v file

After you can convert from the Terminal with the following:

$ ffmpeg -i input.h264 -acodec copy -vcodec copy output.m4v

You're done!

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