[FFmpeg-user] qt-fastart

[Paul B Mahol]

On 1/15/13, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
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> Am 15.01.2013 20:15, schrieb Joana Moll:
>> I need to use qt-fastart but my hosting server provider says that they
>> can't install it. Is there any way I could move all the metadata at the
>> beginning of the video without using qt-fastart?
>
> ask them why in the world
>
> gcc $CURRENT_DIR/tools/qt-faststart.c -o qt-faststart
> runs in a few seconds out of the ffmpeg-sorce-tree
> and produces a small, ready binary
>
>> This is the ffmpeg version that the hosting provider is running:
>>
>> FFmpeg version 0.6, Copyright (c) 2000-2010
>
> very very old but see above, not the problem
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>

FYI Version >= 1.0 have qt-faststart integrated in mov/mp4 muxer.