Flash Video 9 H.264 MOOV atom issue

When creating H.264 Flash video* for displaying in browser using player like JW FLV Media Player ( http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/ ), the MOOV atom need to be at the beginning of the file, not the end. Otherwise, the whole MPEG-4 file need to be downloaded before start playing, instead of starts immediately with http pseudo streaming.

• Adobe Media Encoder CS4 - H.264 MP4** or F4V
• Corel Video Studio Pro X2
• Apple Final Cut Pro QuickTime Compress

export the MP4 file that way.

However

• Adobe Media Encoder CS3
• Handbrake (supposedly fixed in version >0.92?)

do not.

If the file is small (like < 1GB, otherwise you may get #1000 & 2029 errors), you can use utility like QT Index Swapper ( http://renaun.com/blog/2007/08/22/234/ ) to fix it.

* for "Moviestar" Flash 9 update 3 (v 9.0.115.0) 2007/12/03 or above.

• http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flash_Player:9:Update:H.264
• http://www.adobe.com/products/hdvideo/supported_technologies/h264.html
• http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/hd_video_flash_player.html
• Flash Video Encoding Demystified http://www.flashconnections.com/dmf_2007/MC-Encoding-DMF.pdf

** 1920x1080 Level 4.2 MPEG-4 from AME does not play correctly in Playstation 3 also. The dreadful 80028801 error.

AME CS3

CVS Pro X2

QT Index Swapper