How To Stream MP4 On A Website – H.264 High Def


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I recently started doing High Definition videos for one of my customers, and I ran into a problem with mp4 files streaming on websites. What was happening was the mp4 file had to download in full before it would start playing. Come to find out, the metadata for an mp4 is located in the back of the video file information, and the video will not play until it reaches the metadata information.

I found a program that moves the metadata information from the back of the mp4 file to the front, so that the file will start playing instantly and stream on a website, instead of waiting to start until the entire video is downloaded. This program is really easy to use, and works extremely fast, all you have to do is open the program up in a Windows OS, open the folder the movie file sits in and press edit all files in the lower left, then wait for it to work, takes a minute or less of time, and then you are done. Now the metadata is at the front of the mp4 file and it will play instantly without having to download the entire video file.

Download the program from this website.

Metadata Mover – Streaming MP4 Files.

http://rndware.info/content/MetadataMover

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Screen Shot of MetaData Mover

 

 Example of streaming .mp4 file using h.264 High Def Video codec in a flash player, high quality, small file size, no quicktime player. Video from InternetsVideo – Promotional Videos & Production.If you are unable to play the video it means you have an out dated Adobe Flash player, and I would recommend following this link to get the latest Adobe Player.

 

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  • Thats great. Thanks for the link to this neat program.. :)
  • Thats great. Thanks for the link to this neat program.. :)
  • Hi, I was facing some problems with sreaming a MP4 on my site and I stumbled upon this post when search for soltuions.

    I tried almost everything as stated on forums & sites but my problem just won't go away.

    1) My video wont play on IE7.
    2) I need to refresh a few times to get the video to be playing on Firefox.
    3) Sometimes afte few refreshes, it stops working on Firefox.

    See, I saw your video here & I downloaded your video and use it on my site, it faces the same problems too but not on your site.

    Was wondering could it be due to any server settings that is limiting my playback of MP4 at all.

    Will appreciate deeply if you could render some help to me.

    Thanks!!!

    :D
  • Hi, I was facing some problems with sreaming a MP4 on my site and I stumbled upon this post when search for soltuions.

    I tried almost everything as stated on forums & sites but my problem just won't go away.

    1) My video wont play on IE7.
    2) I need to refresh a few times to get the video to be playing on Firefox.
    3) Sometimes afte few refreshes, it stops working on Firefox.

    See, I saw your video here & I downloaded your video and use it on my site, it faces the same problems too but not on your site.

    Was wondering could it be due to any server settings that is limiting my playback of MP4 at all.

    Will appreciate deeply if you could render some help to me.

    Thanks!!!

    :D
  • If you can answer a couple questions I will see what i can do.

    what is your website?
    What web host are you using?
    Are you using JW player?
  • If you can answer a couple questions I will see what i can do.

    what is your website?
    What web host are you using?
    Are you using JW player?
  • So... it is your server. I just downloaded your video and uploaded on my server, with no changes, and it works great. You can check out your video on your server if you want to change the file path to http://howbits.com/zz.mp4 and see that it works for you.

    But if I try to play it from your server it just sits there trying to load up. What web host are you on?
  • So... it is your server. I just downloaded your video and uploaded on my server, with no changes, and it works great. You can check out your video on your server if you want to change the file path to http://howbits.com/zz.mp4 and see that it works for you.

    But if I try to play it from your server it just sits there trying to load up. What web host are you on?
  • oh crap! I was right about it... its my server that is giving the playback problems. :( I tried using your link and it is working perfectly fine! Thanks for your help! Wouldn't have find out the actual problem without your help. :)

    Anyway, we are not on any webhost. This is our own rack server, paying the datacenter for rack space and bandwitdh.

    What are the possibilities that could be causing this to happen? Could it be Apache?

    thanks....
  • oh crap! I was right about it... its my server that is giving the playback problems. :( I tried using your link and it is working perfectly fine! Thanks for your help! Wouldn't have find out the actual problem without your help. :)

    Anyway, we are not on any webhost. This is our own rack server, paying the datacenter for rack space and bandwitdh.

    What are the possibilities that could be causing this to happen? Could it be Apache?

    thanks....
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