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doc/muxers: document mov faststart option.

Clément Bœsch authored on 2012/10/21 22:21:21
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@@ -252,7 +252,8 @@ See also the @ref{framemd5} muxer.
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 The mov/mp4/ismv muxer supports fragmentation. Normally, a MOV/MP4
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 file has all the metadata about all packets stored in one location
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 (written at the end of the file, it can be moved to the start for
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-better playback using the @command{qt-faststart} tool). A fragmented
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+better playback by adding @var{faststart} to the @var{movflags}, or
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+using the @command{qt-faststart} tool). A fragmented
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 file consists of a number of fragments, where packets and metadata
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 about these packets are stored together. Writing a fragmented
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 file has the advantage that the file is decodable even if the
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@@ -310,6 +311,10 @@ more efficient), but with this option set, the muxer writes one moof/mdat
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 pair for each track, making it easier to separate tracks.
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 This option is implicitly set when writing ismv (Smooth Streaming) files.
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+@item -movflags faststart
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+Run a second pass moving the moov atom on top of the file. This
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+operation can take a while, and will not work in various situations such
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+as fragmented output, thus it is not enabled by default.
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 @end table
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 Smooth Streaming content can be pushed in real time to a publishing