H264 playback

I'm trying to burn a H264 movie exported from Premier Pro onto CD. As there are usualy playback issues, I am thinking of embdeding AMP onto CD. Anyway of doing this and how to create an autorun to start AMP on CD?
If cannot embed AMP, any suggestions on how to embed any player for H264 or mp4 files on CD would also help.
Thanks.

No idea, and there is an alternative too...
x264Codec.component a.k.a. X264 QuickTime Codec 1.0
http://developer.berlios.de/projects/x264qtcodec/
This component does not enable playback of H.264 video within mov files, Apple's QuickTimeH264.component (included with QuickTime 7) which resides in /System/Library/QuickTime handles H264 within mov containers.
Provides the following 'things':
imco:avc1:x264 "H.264 (x264)"

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https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=3164920
Summarized:
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Android AIR 3.2 / 3.3 (beta 3) H264 playback (both in FLV and MP4 container) on Android 4 is severely broken.
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Best,
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A question that has been posted often, but i still haven't found a satisfactory answer, so I appologize in advance, maybe i'im just missing something.
I am attempting to play a show that was encoded with x264 on my macbook, using Quicktime player 7.12. h264. I get a white screen, but I do get audio.
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I have used Keynote professionally for many years, and often use H264 compressed videos (that I have created in After Effects). This has always worked very well until the last few weeks when I noticed that every now and then there is a glitch in the playback of H264 movies when a 2nd monitor/video projector is attached.
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Hello,
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There you go …
It should be printed on the microSD: 4, 6, 10. If not, it is a 2. Then, you should try a faster one (4 or 6). Nevertheless, could be a software bug in the Nokia C2-00. I have given-up on H.264 and went for MPEG-4 Simple-Profile.

H.264 playback on E75

Hi,
The official specifications state that this phone (Nokia E75) supports H.264 video playback. However I am unable to get any videos using this format (H264 or AVC1) to play.
Ref:
http://www.nokia.com.au/find-products/all-phones/nokia-e75/specifications
"Video playback file formats: .Flash Video, mp4, .3gp; codecs: H.263, MPEG-4 VSP, RealVideo, H.264 and WMV9"
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What are the exact requirements for H264 playback on Nokia E75? It would really suck if the phone doesn't have an advertised feature!
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Hello fellow board memebers.
I just wanted to share the news. While encoding some videos I came across some table suggesting that the N91 supported H264 video playback.
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SWEEEEEETTTTTT!
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PPro CS4.1.0 comments

Just installed 4.1.0 upgrade.
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Hello there!
I am scrubbing an H264 clip in the viewer window and suddenly, FCP quits! I tried trashing the FCP prefs already, repairing the disk permissions, but to no avail.
What seems to be the problem?

Thanks for the tip. Tried using other formats like the prores codec worked fine.
It turned out that Final Cut Pro had problems scrubbing with H.264 files. I have tried using the H.264 clips with both versions 5 and 6, and yielding the same problem.
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Hi :)
I am seriously thinking of transitioning all of my cross platform projects to Java from Quicktime wired media.
an examples:
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http://www.fonovisa.com/fonoplayer.html
Will Java [Swing?] allow me keep custom shapes/skins and communicate with my php/mysql server ? How does Java behave cross platform ? Are there some cross platform Java examples similar to what I have done above ?
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g

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QT is a dying/nearly dead platform anyway. I just want to make sure I can take custom skins with me.
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