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Ar Megatox
Ar Megatox

Reputation: 57

ffmpeg convert mp4 video for phones

I need to make a video which will play on iPhone and Android but the problem is when I click play on the phone it needs minimum 7 seconds to start.

So maybe I need to fix something in this code to make the video play on phones (maybe another format is needed):

ffmpeg -i VIDEO -c:v libx264 -s 640x480 -strict experimental -c:a aac VIDEO.MP4

There must be something to make the video play faster without a delay on start.

I tried a FLV file and it worked fine on Android but the iPhone can't play it.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 357

Answers (1)

aergistal
aergistal

Reputation: 31209

If you're referring to a progressive download scenario then you can use:

-movflags faststart

Run a second pass moving the index (moov atom) to the beginning of the file. This operation can take a while, and will not work in various situations such as fragmented output, thus it is not enabled by default.

Source

The moov atom is generally at the end of the file and a full download is required before playback in this case. Moving it to the start with the aforementioned command allows the playback to start immediately.

Upvotes: 2

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