[FFmpeg-user] view mp4 while still encoding?

[Carles Vila]

Hi all,

Is there an option to be able to view an mp4 (H.264) which is still being
encoded?
with mpeg-2 in mpeg container it works, it would be handy for mp4..
Thanks!

ffplay throws following error:

ffplay movie.mp4
ffplay version 2.7.2 Copyright (c) 2003-2015 the FFmpeg developers
  built with Apple LLVM version 5.1 (clang-503.0.40) (based on LLVM 3.4svn)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/2.7.2_1 --enable-shared
--enable-pthreads --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-hardcoded-tables
--enable-avresample --cc=clang --host-cflags= --host-ldflags=
--enable-opencl --enable-libx264 --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvo-aacenc
--enable-libxvid --enable-libfreetype --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx
--enable-libass --enable-ffplay --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libopus
--enable-libquvi --enable-libx265 --enable-libopenjpeg
--extra-cflags='-I/usr/local/Cellar/openjpeg/1.5.2_1/include/openjpeg-1.5 '
--enable-nonfree --enable-vda
  libavutil      54. 27.100 / 54. 27.100
  libavcodec     56. 41.100 / 56. 41.100
  libavformat    56. 36.100 / 56. 36.100
  libavdevice    56.  4.100 / 56.  4.100
  libavfilter     5. 16.101 /  5. 16.101
  libavresample   2.  1.  0 /  2.  1.  0
  libswscale      3.  1.101 /  3.  1.101
  libswresample   1.  2.100 /  1.  2.100
  libpostproc    53.  3.100 / 53.  3.100
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x7fabdc02b400] moov atom not found0/0
movie.mp4: Invalid data found when processing input