On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 01:53:00AM -0500, dagr wrote:
> Hi
>
> I configured streaming with ngx_http_mp4_module .
> I use optimized mp4 with moov atoms located at the beginning of the
> file.
> Streaming really works, BUT.
> In comparison with flv its takes much more time to seek through movie.
>
> For example i want to move to position - 00:05:00, it takes about half
> second or even 2 secs to finish.
> When i used flv - it was instant, also seeking mp4 videos on youtube is
> instant too.
>
> I noticed that player shows downloading status during this delay , so i
> checked tcpdump and found out, that
> nginx sends moov atom to player EVERY time. Moov data is about 300KB,
> so only after downloading it , player starts getting real video.
>
> I understand why player needs MOOV data, when send first GET without
> "start" parameter.
>
> But i really dont understand why it needs same MOOV data later, when
> sends request like GET /file.mp4?start=300
>
> Can you clear out these issue for me?
> May be i misconfigured something ?
>
> nginx-1.0.12

This is expected behaviour. This is the way, how Flash players work:
they require complete MP3 stream with MOOV/MDAT on each request.
This is the reason why ngx_http_mp4_module exists at all. If the players
were able play without MOOV data on each request using MOOV data from
the first request, there was no need in ngx_http_mp4_module. The module
adjusts MOOV data for each request. If you seek MP4 file near the end,
the MOOV data will be lesser.


--
Igor Sysoev

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