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 >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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] > -- <b>Passion</b> is no substitute for <b>reason</b> -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
