Reference to a NOT self-contained movie

puffadder · 15th July 2009, 13:08

Hi all, I would be glad if anyone could provide a pointer to a not self-contained MP4 movie file.

Thanks in advance.

Guest · 15th July 2009, 13:47

What is a "not self-contained MP4 movie file"?

LoRd_MuldeR · 15th July 2009, 19:34

Maybe he refers to something like those "dummy" MOV files for Quicktime, that are actually playlists containing an URL.

So these files don't actually contain any data, they will only launch the playback of some online video stream.

Why you can do with such files: Extract the actual URL and then use something like MPlayer to dump the stream to a local file.

Ritsuka · 15th July 2009, 19:36

A mp4 where the real video/audio data is contained in differentes files. It's like a normal mp4 without the mdat atom. But I never saw any. I think you can create one with mp4box.

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Ritsuka Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 95	A mp4 where the real video/audio data is contained in differentes files. It's like a normal mp4 without the mdat atom. But I never saw any. I think you can create one with mp4box.