[FFmpeg-user] fragmented mp4 and playing while converting

[Julien Dotsev]

Hi Carl,
As I mentioned above I want to be able to play it in a HTML<video> tag.  As
in a video tag it can be only 3 formats.  I can't play avi, so that's why I
try to convert it.

I have a server with files. Not all of them are  HTML<video> tag
compatible. I want to be able to play them in a browser, but I don't
want to keep another copy with another format on the server. And I can not
convert them and have the converted copy either because I must be able to
give back the original file to the user. So that's why I try to play it
during the conversion.
I suppose the live streaming is done in the same way. You convert the
stream to a compatible format and then you embed it in the <video> tag,
right?

Do you have any suggestions?

Julian

On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 3:05 AM Carl Zwanzig <cpz at tuunq.com> wrote:

> On 5/5/2021 5:50 PM, Julien Dotsev wrote:
> > ffmpeg -re -i input.avi -movflags
> > +faststart  output.mp4
> >
> > but like this I can not open at all the file during the conversion.
> Among other things, AFAIK -movflags +faststart happens after the
> conversion
> has been finalized and involves writing a new file with the parts
> rearranged.
>
> > Any suggestions?
> Not top-posting on this list?
>
> Why do you want to play the output file during conversion? Can you play
> the
> input file instead? What are you trying to accomplish?
>
> z!
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