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no playback until .mp4 is fully loaded Created Mar 18, 2009

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Mar 18, 2009

no playback until .mp4 is fully loaded

Posted: Mar 18, 2009

Hi,

I just installed flowplayer 3.0.7 and am playing with some mp4 files.

One thing I noticed is player waits (with swirling logo) until the video is entirely loaded to start playback, or even allow user interaction with the controls (I have autoBuffering: true).

Is there a way to start playback as soon as the video download starts?

Thanks

Anssi
Flowplayer Flash & video streaming developer

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» no playback until .mp4 is fully loaded

Posted: Mar 18, 2009

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That's because the files have the moov-atom located at the end of the file. Flash requires it to be in the beginning. You can use this tool to change the location.

blacktrash
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» no playback until .mp4 is fully loaded

Posted: Mar 18, 2009

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First try


clip: {autoPlay: true}

in your config (note the camelcasing of autoPlay).

If that doesn't work, it probably means that your mp4 has the moov atom at the end. This happens eg. when you convert in QuickTime without preparing for streaming. There are tools to fix this:

  • qt-faststart from the ffmpeg package
  • MP4Box from the GPac package

And probably others that I don't know about.

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» » no playback until .mp4 is fully loaded

Posted: Mar 18, 2009

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Thanks a lot both.