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MP4 File Format

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MP4 file format - Wikipedia

The moov atom contains information about video resolution, frame rates, orientation, display characteristics, and more. It might be placed at the beginning or end of the file. In the latter case, the video file is not playable if the file is incomplete (truncated)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP4_file_format

AtomicParsley

AtomicParsley

The MPEG-4 container is based on Apple’s Quicktime .mov container

https://atomicparsley.sourceforge.net/

similarites - as well as differences.

https://atomicparsley.sourceforge.net/

MPEG-4 specification details the MPEG-4 container. It is comprised of discrete units called ‘boxes’ or ‘atoms’. An atom is defined as being a very simple building block:

https://atomicparsley.sourceforge.net/

actual raw aac/avc streams are in the last atom: mdat.

https://atomicparsley.sourceforge.net/

untrunc

tool to mitiage truncated mp4 file

Notes linking here