Detecting Fast Start QuickTime Movies

Is there a tool, programming approach, or way to applescript the detection of whether a movie was saved with fast start or not?
And if so, is there a programming approach or way to applescript QuickTime to quickly set, or resave the file without needing to reencode the file?
I need to create a process where I can verify that files on my server are set to fast start and if not then set them. Please help.
Thanks in advance
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Is there a tool, programming approach, or way to applescript the detection of whether a movie was saved with fast start or not?
And if so, is there a programming approach or way to applescript QuickTime to quickly set, or resave the file without needing to reencode the file?
I need to create a process where I can verify that files on my server are set to fast start and if not then set them. Please help.
Anything supposedly saved by QT in the "MOV" container automatically defaults to "Fast Start." If in doubt or using other QT containers, simply use the "Save As ..." file option to resave these files with "Fast Start" without re-encoding.

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