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Question: Is H.264 actually supported in reaper or is it MJPEG in disguise? Are there plans to support ffmpeg higher than 4.4.1?
Asked by Rachel Yearst (159.118.61.x) on January 10 2026, 10:30pm
Reply on January 11 2026, 5:18pm:
    If you install a version of ffmpeg that supports h264 then REAPER will render to it. as far as more recent ffmpeg versions, it's on our list but it's a huge pain in the ass to figure out. For macOS/Windows users, you can use the avfoundation/wmf encoders instead. For linux, deal with the old ffmpeg versions for now.

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  • Posted by Mespotine (37.4.251.x) on January 14 2026, 3:37pm:
    When using the avfoundation/wmf encoder, I miss the opportunity to add metadata to the files. I wonder, if there's a reason for this, like hard to implement or is there another reason?

  • Posted by Justin on January 15 2026, 5:16pm:
    need to look into that

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