My jwplayer does not start right away..it downloads the full movie then plays.why? I want the jwplayer to start playing while downloading, So how can I fix that?
I am using the cloud based Jwplayer.
Sounds like this video was not encoded properly. Make sure to enable Fast Start on the video when you encode it. I believe Handbrake calls this Web Optimized. Both do the same thing, which is put the moov atom at the beginning of the video so the video can start right away without having to download the whole video first.
This is because the video has its moov atom at the end of the file, instead of the beginning. The quickest fix is to use a utility program called "MP4 FastStart" that does nothing but get the moov atom where it belongs.
http://www.datagoround.com/lab/
(If you're doing your own encoding of the files and using ffmpeg, be sure to use the "-movflags faststart" option.)
