[Libav-user] MOOV Atom Not Found

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Mark Kenna <mark.kenna at ...> writes:

> I am wondering how it is possible to play streamed MP4 files 
> that are produced by FFMpeg - it seems as though AV* puts the 
> MOOV atom at the end of the file which means that the entire 
> file would have to be downloaded before the video can be played.

FFmpeg comes with a tool to move the moov atom:
tools/qt-faststart

Carl Eugen