[FFmpeg-user] -movflags faststart revisited

[Cley Faye]

2017-02-26 23:32 GMT+01:00 JD <jd1008 at gmail.com>:

> Are there any flags that will let me playback an unfinished transcode?
> Reason I am asking is that if my various options in the transcode command
> did not yield what I like, then I would like to abort the transcode.
>

​mp4 files will never be playable without "finishing" them. But you can
interrupt the process at anytime with 'q'; that will properly close the
file so you can play it.​