Detecting Fast start or Hinted Streaming

I have got a task of making H264 files the same way they were made before I took over the job,... however in the Movie information tabs I do not see the the specification of whether it is "hinted streaming" or "fast start" or "fast start compressed". Is there any way of finding out from the old file? I know the videos are suppose to be streaming but I believe that they were only "fast start".
thanks for any information!

No way to tell about fast start except by testing the file from a server as it is a property of the individual file (part of the header info).
You could view this by using a "hex" editor but that would be a pain.
Streaming tracks are extra data and will show in the Movie Properties window. But these tracks are just extra file size and are ignored if your files merely download (not served via streaming server software like RTSP).
So. If your files are viewed in a Web page they only need fast start (Progressive Download). This is done at export (Movie to QuickTime Movie). As long as the file isn't edited after export fast start will remain. If edited and "saved" fast start is removed from the file. To restore fast start simple "Save As".
If you have a bunch of files that need to be fast start you can batch process using AppleScript or Automator.
Save as doesn't do any conversion so it is very fast. It does put your files tracks into a .mov container, however.

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