How to best convert Flash compatible mp4 files with FFMPEG?

Question

I am trying to convert different files to a flash compatible .mp4 file with ffmpeg, but I can\'t seem to get it to work. Of course the objective is to get the great

Answer 1

To create the interleaving metadata (which will allow for mid stream resumes, and rewinds/fforwards), use the gpac utilities (included in medibuntu for example) to re-interleave the file. Convert to mp4 as follows, with FFmpeg version 0.5 or better:

ffmpeg -f mp4 -i video.mov -b 400k video.mp4

then

/usr/bin/MP4Box -inter 500 video.mp4

Tada! Done! This will stream properly in JW Flv or other flash players.