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Why is H.264 video so much faster in an FLV container than in an MP4 container?
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I am developing a tube site, and currently having issues with H.264 format. I noticed that YouTube put their hi-def videos into an MP4 container, so logically I did the same. Next, I installed for lighttpd to make streaming and timeline-scrubbing work. The problem is that large files (>500MB at som…
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Fix for: Why is H.264 video so much faster in an FLV container than in an MP4 container?
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TL;DR: MP4 is used when the video site stores more metadata in the video than FLV supports, or uses an audio codec that FLV doesn't support. FLV's simplicity and for-streaming design makes it a good choice if you don't have a good reason to use MP4.…
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