[FFmpeg-user] best FFMPEG encoding and encoding a file to fast start

[Henk D. Schoneveld]

On 08 Jun 2015, at 04:28, Dani A <danix4u-at-yahoo.com at ffmpeg.org> wrote:

> Sorry I have been looking for days and I could not find any valuable info...And yes I heard of google!
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> So it the below right or I am missing something...
> ffmpeg -i input.avi -movflags +faststart output.mp4
Have you tried that and what is the result ?
In your first post you said you want to lower file size.
What is the current size of the avi. How is it encoded, with what codec, what’s the resolution ?
Do you want to keep the resolution the same ?
What devices/players should be able to play this file ?
All these questions have to be answered to know if you’ll get what you want.
ffmpeg -i input.avi -c:v libx264  -movflags +faststart output.mp4
will probably result in an smaller file, but I’ve no idea if that is enough, or what is needed. I can’t find my crystal ball at the moment.
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>    On Sunday, June 7, 2015 3:13 PM, Henk D. Schoneveld <belcampo at zonnet.nl> wrote:
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> On 07 Jun 2015, at 19:25, Dani A <danix4u-at-yahoo.com at ffmpeg.org> wrote:
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>> Any answers?
>> Best FFMPEG encoding to reduce file size while not impacting video quality?! is mp4 the best?
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>> What is the ffmpeg command to make the video to fast start in CentOS?
> You\ve probably heard of google
> putting ffmpeg faststart as search option gives you several options how to do it.
> Succes
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>>    On Sunday, June 7, 2015 12:57 AM, Dani A <danix4u-at-yahoo.com at ffmpeg.org> wrote:
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>> Two questions, what is the best enconding to be used to convert a video file to lower size file while maintaining quality?
>> Also, I want my video to start streaming right away so I have been told that I should move the moov atom to the beginning for fast start.
>> So can you give me the full ffmpeg command to do that including the best encoding?
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