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# Convert MPEG-4 Part 10 to MPEG-4 Part 14

## What is MPEG-4 Part 10?

MPEG Part 10 (H.264/AVC) was introduced in 2003.
Think of it as the method of compressing the actual video - like taking a large video and making it smaller while keeping good quality.
It's just the raw compressed video data.

## What is MPEG-4 Part 14?

MPEG Part 14 (MP4) came out in 2003 too.
It's like a digital container - imagine a zip file that can hold multiple things: video, audio, subtitles, and chapter information all in one neat package.

## How to convert from MPEG-4 Part 10 to MPEG-4 Part 14

To convert from Part 10 to Part 14:

1. You need to take your H.264 video stream (Part 10)
2. Use software like FFmpeg to package it into an MP4 container (Part 14)

Here's a simple FFmpeg command to do it:

```bash theme={"system"}
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libx264 -f mp4 output.mp4
```

This command takes your H.264 video `input.mp4` and packages it into an MP4 container `output.mp4` without re-encoding the video (which preserves quality and is much faster).

Think of it like this: H.264 is like a compressed stack of photos, and MP4 is the photo album that holds them along with captions (metadata), background music (audio), and other extras.