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Support for fragmented [[MP4]] muxing/demuxing was added in VLC 3.0.0.

The demux module is planned to support [[wikipedia:High Efficiency Image File Format|HEIF]] in future versions (currently in 4.0.0-dev) through a <code>heif</code> submodule.

== Demux ==
{{Module|name=mp4|type=Access demux|first_version=0.5.0|description=[[MP4]] stream demuxer|sc=none}}
{{Option
|name=mp4-m4a-audioonly
|value=boolean
|default=disabled
|description=Ignore non audio tracks from [[.m4a|iTunes audio files]]
}}
{{Clear}}

== Mux ==
{{Module|name=mp4|type=Muxer|description=[[MP4]]/[[MOV]] muxer|sc=mp4|sc2=mov|sc3=3gp}}
{{Option
|name=sout-mp4-faststart
|value=boolean
|default=enabled
|description=Create "Fast Start" files. "Fast Start" files are optimized for downloads and allow the user to start previewing the file while it is downloading
}}
{{Clear}}
=== mp4frag ===
{{Module|name=mp4frag|type=Muxer|first_version=3.0.0|description=Fragmented and streamable MP4 muxer|sc=mp4frag|sc2=mp4stream}}
{{Clear}}

== Source code ==
* {{VLCSourceFile|modules/demux/mp4/mp4.c}}
* {{VLCSourceFile|modules/mux/mp4/mp4.c}}

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