On Dec 21, 2011, at 6:52 AM, Andrew Benton wrote: > So what should we have on the page? At the moment it says: > > If you upload certain formats (quicktime, mov or mp4) to youtube, you > need to "flatten" them (move the index to the front of the file) before > uploading. FFmpeg contains a tool called qt-faststart that can do this. > If need qt-faststart, you can compile it with gcc: > > Suggestions for improved wording are welcomed.
I would just be more specific about what qt-faststart does and avoid using 'flatten'. Perhaps: The Ffmpeg source contains a tool to modify QuickTime formatted movies so that the header information is located at the beginning of the file instead of the end. This allows video players to begin playing the content before the entire file has been downloaded. As an example of where this is useful, YouTube will reject QuickTime formatted videos that do not have the header information at the beginning of the file. To compile qt-faststart, run: ... -- JH -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
