QT-FASTSTART(1)
π NAME π
Okay bestie, this is the manual page for qt-faststart, a General Commands Manual (section 1) page π
qt-faststart is a utility for Quicktime files π¦
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
qt-faststart
Literally just the one line, no extra flags to juggle π
π DESCRIPTION π
okay so qt-faststart is the tool that reorganizes a Quicktime file so the moov atom sits in front of the data π«Ά Why does that matter? It makes network streaming way smoother, so your video can start playing before the whole thing has downloaded. Main character energy β¨
πΈ OPTIONS πΈ
Options processed by the executable:
<infile.mov>β this is the source Quicktime file, the one you're starting with π¬<outfile.mov>β this is the destination Quicktime file, where the rearranged version gets saved π§
π«§ AUTHOR π«§
This manual page was written by Andres Mejia <mcitadel@gmail.com> for the Debian GNU/Linux system, but other people are allowed to use it too π
Page last touched May 10, 2009, so this is your QT-FASTSTART(1) guide, iykyk πβ¨ Go make your videos stream like a dream, bestie π
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