Container for a single h264 video stream

Question

I have the code of a simple h264 encoder, which outputs a raw 264 file. I want to extend it to directly output the video in a playable container; it doesn't matter which one as long as it is playable by VLC. So, what is the easiest way to include a wrapper around this raw H264 file?

Everywhere I looked on the web, people used ffmpeg and libavformat, but I would prefer to have standalone code. I do not want fancy stuff like audio, subtiltes, chapters etc., just the video stream.

Thanks!

Answer 1

mkv, mpeg-ts, mp4 (you can use libMP4v2)

Answer 2

You can output a .264 directly by writing the Elementary stream to a file in AnnexB format. That is, write each NALU to the file separated by start codes (0x00000001). But make sure the stream writes SPS and PPS before the first IDR>