Thanks Harvey, Just figured out this is likely the route I'd have to go, and means it'll have to be a root-access hosting server then, unless you know any local hosts that have ffmpeg enabled and allow me to shell() out to it...
Cheers, -Dan On 26 July 2011 11:52, Harvey Kane <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dan, > > I use ffmpeg on my server for converting video files, helps a lot in cases > where the customer isn't savvy about video sizes or formats. > > Basically I get them to upload a video file via FTP or a form, in pretty > much any size or format. Then a script runs which tells ffmpeg to convert > the movie to FLV at a certain size and caches it somewhere. It also takes a > screenshot of the movie to use as the initial screen in the player. > > Then I use flowplayer to display the video. But any will do. > > This isn't bundled up into a nice module, but I can give specific code > snippets if needed. ffmpeg is a bit of a pain to have to install and > maintain, but I like the functionality it offers. > > Harvey. > > > On 26/07/2011 11:29 a.m., Dan Khan wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Anyone got any suggestions on a good video plugin I can use on a custom >> PHP job? >> >> Client wants to upload video, and then serve it back through the web - >> doesn't want to use a public platform like Youtube or vimeo. >> I'm imagining whatever the php plugin, it would manage the uploading >> process, transcode to FLV, then serve up through a flash player on >> front-end. Happy to do some integration on front and backend to make >> this work. >> >> Anyone had to do something similar and can save me some time searching >> through possible solutions? >> >> Thanks, >> -Dan >> > > > -- > Harvey Kane > > Phone: > - Auckland: +64 9 950 4133 > - Wanaka: +64 3 746 8133 > - Mobile: +64 21 811 951 > > Email: [email protected] > If you need to contact me urgently, please read my email policy > www.ragepank.com/email/ > > -- > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
