[FFmpeg-devel] MKV Header: Writing duration early

[compn]

On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:15:08 +0000
Soft Works <softworkz at hotmail.com> wrote:


> anyway, while I haven't looked into that yet. I also haven't
> performed research
> 
> about other ffmpeg output formats, to see if there is an existing case
> 
> where duration is written early...
> 
> 
> Before coding anything I'd like to get a feeling for what kind of
> solution
> 
> could be acceptable for the project.

there is qt fast start feature in ffmpeg. which is similar , but for
mp4 files.

i am not sure if the devs want this feature to be copied into mkv, you
better ask the best way to do it before starting.

-compn