[FFmpeg-user] Hooking into MOOV atom move process

[Denys Khanzhyiev]

So you try to move file before ffmpeg finishes?
I move files converted with this flag w/o problems after ffmpeg exits.


2014-06-27 16:31 GMT+03:00 Eugene Gekhter <egekhter at pixcel.com>:

> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 8:23 AM, Denys Khanzhyiev <xdenser at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Why not just directly use option -movflags faststart?
> >
> >
> > 2014-06-27 16:14 GMT+03:00 Eugene Gekhter <egekhter at pixcel.com>:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Does anybody know how to hook into this process from Linux command
> line?
> > >
> > > Basically, to enable users to start streaming a video before
> downloading
> > > the whole file, after encoding a h.264 video file, the MOOV atom needs
> to
> > > be moved from the end of the file to the beginning of the file. Since
> we
> > > move the file to its final destination right after encoding is finished
> > so
> > > the user can start using it right away, the whole movie gets corrupted
> if
> > > the MOOV atom has not been properly moved. I initially put in a 5
> second
> > > sleep then a 30 second sleep into the script, but that is not a blanket
> > > solution so I need to figure out a way to hook into the end of the moov
> > end
> > > process.
> > >
> > > I hope somebody has a simple solution to this problem.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > *Eugene Gekhter* / CEO
> > >
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> That is the case, I am using that flag to encode my video, however, as it
> says on the website, the move process can take *a while*.
> There is this solution for Atomic Parsley or qtfaststart
> <http://superuser.com/questions/559372/using-ffmpeg-to-locate-moov-atom>
> which
> could be used to check every x seconds if the there's a preg_match (PHP) on
> the output of that process, but I am looking for an ffmpeg-first solution.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> *Eugene Gekhter* / CEO
>
> (847) 272-8207/ egekhter at pixcel.com
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