Error 2041 An Invalid Sample Description Fix
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Handbrake Error 2041
vote favorite After encoding a DVD video to MP4 using Handbrake 0.9.4(2009112300) using the High Profile preset, my video will not open in QuickTime. The video itself does not appear to be corrupt, I can play it from end to end in Windows Media Player, and it looks and sounds fine. I receive the following error: Error -2041: An invalid sample description was found in the movie (Movie.mp4) Here is the preset used to encode the video:
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Error-2041 Fixed (invalid sample description) Share with other users your experience in using MediaCoder. Post a reply 4 posts • Page 1 of 1 >> << Camper Beginner Posts: 1Joined: Fri Jun 20, 2008 http://forum.mediacoderhq.com/viewtopic.php?t=4432 4:36 pm Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:51 pm by Camper Error-2041 Fixed (invalid sample description) I had the Error-2041 invalid sample description problem and searched all over this board and the rest of the internet. I had just given up on MediaCoder and decided to use Videora ipod converter just for kicks to see if would output a working file. I already had Videora installed. The first file invalid sample I ran through Videora worked but was 5 times the size of the original file. I wanted to see what the difference was between the file Videora output and the files I was getting with MediaCoder. I opened the Videora file with MediaCoder to see what the properties of the working file were. I also opened the non-working MediaCoder file and saw the differences were with video bitrate invalid sample description and frame rate and audio encoder. I changed the video settings to match what the working file had and re-encoded my original file. It didn't work either. I changed the audio from mp3 to mpeg-4 AAC LC with the FAAC encoder and the output file plays in Quicktime without a hitch. And it was the same size as my original file. I hope this helps those of you that have the same problem I had. Now I can easily convert my videos to work on my touch and play in windows. Thanks. Top >> << mixer Expert Posts: 3004Joined: Tue Jul 11, 2006 2:20 pmLocation: Portland, Oregon USA Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:28 am by mixer Great news and thanks for the tip. Could you also tell us a bit more detail for the original file and the new file (codec, type, container....etc). Or you could "Save As Preset" and then copy and paste here. I'm sure it would help a lot of others. Top >> << xfactornos Beginner Posts: 1Joined: Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:08 am Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:09 am by xfactornos Thanks so much. I had this same problem and was about to give up. I found