For .mp4 and .m4a Files, Add FFmpeg flag `-movflags +faststart`

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For .mp4 and .m4a Files, Add FFmpeg flag `-movflags +faststart` #145

Closed ebb-earl-co closed 3 months ago

ebb-earl-co commented 3 months ago

This is a simple "optimization" for audio and video files in the MPEG4-type containers: for most use cases, it provides a speedup in terms of playing back the audio or video data. See here

ebb-earl-co commented 3 months ago

Also, changed the temporary file in video retrieving from .mp4 to .m2t to reflect video data coming in as MPEG-TS format.