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Edit MP4 Header Information In Its Binary

I have a small MP4 file of duration 10 seconds, less than 1MB. I am able to open the file in HexEdit to view its binary source. But I am not able to figure out where does its header information is in this binary file.
What I basically want to do is change the duration of this MP4 to say like 20 seconds. I know its a read only attribute and thats the reason why I am trying to edit its binary data to update the duration.
Please see attached ffprobe screenshot and screenshot of MP4 file when opened in binary format in HexEdit editor.
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MerijnB🇳🇱

Now I don't know the mp4 header structure, but there is quite a big change the length is not in there. Often length is calculated from the combination of bit rate an number of bytes in the actual data.

Your question begs a counter question though :p

What are you trying to achieve by this? Even if the length is somewhere in the header, what do you think you accomplish by make it longer?

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MerijnB - I basically want to fool the browser into believing that video received from the server is of a longer duration. So if the actual duration is 10 seconds I want the browser to believe its of (say) 20 seconds. Its just an experiment I am trying out checking if it is doable or not. My ultimate goal is to have server send a short video of duration 10 seconds every 10 seconds. The first video will have a long duration so that the browser will assume its just the first video its playing. The reason I am trying to do this is because when I play different videos after every 10 seconds I am getting a small lag/delay between playing of two videos. I want to eliminate this delay.

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