Thanks for the headsup Todd, only just saw this email.

Cheers,
-Dan

On 26 July 2011 12:12, Todd <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Dan
>
>>
>> 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...
>
> You don't need to shell out to it, if the host server has php-ffmpeg
> installed.
>
>> 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
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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