I tried to use the command -movflags faststart
And got the following error:
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C:\uploads\1\videos>ffmpeg -i simple1.mp4 -codec copy -map 0 -movflags faststart output.mp4
-movflags faststart output.mp4 ffmpeg version N-34549-g13b7781, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers built on Nov 6 2011 22:02:08 with gcc 4.6.1 configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-ru ntime-cpudetect --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-frei0r --enable-libope ncore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgsm --en able-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger - -enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwben c --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libxavs --enable- libxvid --enable-zlib libavutil 51. 24. 0 / 51. 24. 0 libavcodec 53. 28. 0 / 53. 28. 0 libavformat 53. 19. 0 / 53. 19. 0 libavdevice 53. 4. 0 / 53. 4. 0 libavfilter 2. 47. 0 / 2. 47. 0 libswscale 2. 1. 0 / 2. 1. 0 libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0 Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'simple1.mp4': Metadata: major_brand : isom minor_version : 512 compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41 encoder : Lavf54.29.104 Duration: 00:02:32.81, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1166 kb/s Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 854x480 [ SAR 1:1 DAR 427:240], 1064 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn, 59.94 tbc Metadata: handler_name : VideoHandler Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, mono, s16, 93 kb /s Metadata: handler_name : [mp4 muxer @ 04179D00] [Eval @ 0027DAB8] Undefined constant or missing '(' in 'f aststart'
[mp4 muxer @ 04179D00] Unable to parse option value "faststart"
[mp4 muxer @ 04179D00] Error setting option movflags to value faststart.
Output #0, mp4, to 'output.mp4': Metadata: major_brand : isom minor_version : 512 compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41 encoder : Lavf54.29.104 Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264, yuv420p, 854x480 [SAR 1:1 DAR 427:240], q=2-3 1, 1064 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 90k tbn, 29.97 tbc Metadata: handler_name : VideoHandler Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, mono, 93 kb/s Metadata: handler_name : Stream mapping: Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy) Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy)
Could not write header for output file #0 (incorrect codec parameters ?)