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/usr/bin/qt-faststart

Utility for optimizing MP4 files for HTTP streaming

From ffmpeg-7.1-qt-faststart 7.1.5-r10 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running qt-faststart --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: qt-faststart <infile.mov> <outfile.mov>
Note: alternatively you can use -movflags +faststart in ffmpeg

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