Moov atom in beginning

[Emma_Lovett]

I’m using OS X 10.9, Final Cut Pro X 10.1. No matter what settings I use to export my movies Final Cut always puts the moov atom at the end instead of the beginning of the file.

How do I fix this? How do I move the moov atom?

I believe I found a converter before and downloaded a .zip file but I’m not sure what to do what that file. There was no app that appeared after opening it.

Anyone having a similar issue?

Emma

[Daren_Johnson]

Hi,

FinalCut Pro may have an option to save the file with the moov atom at the beginning,

when exporting as a Quicktime move.

Failing that, mp4box is a popular tool for this purpose. Perhaps it’s the one you tried?

After you’ve saved the file using your other application, you would then use a simple command line to fix the file:

MP4Box -inter 0 vodfile.mp4

Here’s a good resource to learn more about the tool and find different download options.

It’s available for Mac, Windows and Linux.

Daren

[Daren_Johnson]

Hi,

That’s the Windows installer. There’s another link to the download site that has other platform installers, including MAC OSX10

This is the download page.

You’ll need the one labelled OSX(64bits, >=10.6)

Once downloaded and installed, you’ll need to locate the MP4box binary and run the command

from my post above in a terminal window.

There is a GUI with the tool, but I’m not familiar enough to say how that’s used.

Best regards,

Daren

[Emma_Lovett]

I went to the webpage you provided and downloaded the file. Its an .exe file and when I go to my downloads and click to open it, text editor opens and its just a bunch of random text. How do I use the program?

Also where do I put the command line you’re talking about?

Emma