Thanks a lot for the help, we're not using php on the server but thanks for the offer, I have more than enough info to work with now.
Thanks again -John --- In [email protected], "Andrew D. Goodfellow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I basically do the same thing but I use a Windows server, PHP and Apache2 > header rewriting to make it really pretty. If that setup is something you > are interested in seeing the code for I would be glad to share it. I almost > posted it here but I'm afraid of what might happen to me if I submit PHP > code to an MXML/AS3 list. Worlds Colliding! ;o) > > -Andy > > On 1/8/07, Collin Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > This is the command that I use: > > ffmpeg -v 0 -y -i $OUTPUT_FILE -f mjpeg -an $HEADSHOT_DIR/$BASE_DIR/$jpg > > 2>&1 > > > > I run that in a bash shell script which is invoked by the flash client via > > remoting > > > > > > On 1/8/07, john_69_11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > > > "Andrew D. Goodfellow" > > > Ya, I had heard about that. I was trying to offload some of the > > > processing to the user by doing it in AS. I have found that unless > > > you are getting the FLV from a server you control you will run into > > > crossdomain issues when trying to process it in AS. It looks like > > > I'll be following suit and using ffmpeg as well. Do you have any > > > suggestions/links on how to set it up? I want to process remote flvs > > > for now and eventually using it to convert avi/other video formats to > > > flv. > > > > > > Thanks for the help, > > > > > > -John > > > > > > <agoodfellow@> wrote: > > > > > > > > John, > > > > > > > > I don't do it in AS. I always process the flv on the fly (with > > > caching of > > > > course) with an open source tool called ffmpeg ( > > > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffmpeg/) and load the thumbnail via > > > url just > > > > like an external image. It's tricky to get it working, but once you > > > do it > > > > works wonderfully. > > > > > > > > -Andy > > > > > > > > On 1/8/07, john_69_11 <duff.john@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to generate an image thumbnail of an FLV and can't > > > seem to > > > > > find any way to do it. Only thing that people seem to be doing is > > > > > creating a player for the flv, then pausing and stopping the stream > > > - > > > > > I want to grab an image of the one of the flv frames. I found a > > > piece > > > > > of code here: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.flash-db.com/Tutorials/snapshot/snapshot.php?page=2 > > > > > > > > > > which i tried to implement with code like this in onFrameEnter: > > > > > > > > > > //Here we will copy pixels data > > > > > pixels = new Array() > > > > > //Create a new BitmapData > > > > > snap = new BitmapData(_video.width, _video.height); > > > > > //Matrix to scale the new image > > > > > var myMatrix:Matrix = new Matrix(); > > > > > myMatrix.scale(0.5, 0.5) > > > > > //Copy video image > > > > > snap.draw(_video, myMatrix); > > > > > > > > > > var w:Number = snap.width, tmp > > > > > var h:Number = snap.height > > > > > var a:Number = 0 > > > > > for(var b=0; b<=h; b++){ > > > > > tmp = snap.getPixel32(a, b).toString(16) > > > > > trace(tmp) > > > > > pixels.push(tmp.substr(1)) > > > > > } > > > > > a++ > > > > > if(a>w){ //Finish capturing > > > > > > > > > > //sendData(pixels, h, w) > > > > > //free memory > > > > > snap.dispose() > > > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > Now, it seems like the pixels are being captured, but I'm not > > > certian > > > > > and I can't seem to display the captured image at all. I've tried > > > > > using an image object and a Bitmap set to the BitmapData (variable > > > > > snap) but it doesn't display. Anyone know of how to make this work, > > > > > or a better way? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Collin Peters > > Lead Software Developer > > InTouch Technology > > > > > > >
