RE: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly
Yeah, that was my thought. They could upload it and when the upload finishes, it could fire off a scheduled task or something. Does the package have command-line calls? Does it allow resizing and bitrate changing or does it just reencode at the current settings as a different file type? John Burns Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer -Original Message- From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:49 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly FFMPG http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/index.php This is used by many viedo re-encoding packages out thereI use for AVI to MPG conversion...works great!! I would not want this to be an on-the-fly process while the user waits. AVI to MPG conversion takes as long to convert as it does to play the videoupt to twice as long or a bit more... ..so a user is not going and sit and wait all that time whilea video is converted. Of course this conversion may take place at a different time...in which case ignore me ;-) Cheers Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. phone: 250.480.0642 fax: 250.480.1264 cell: 250.920.8830 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.electricedgesystems.com ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:230301 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly
Bobby- That would work exactly the way I want. Our video conversions would only happen 1 time for account holders and wouldn't be something that would happen a lot. It's just that right now, I have to do them by hand and that sucks. John Burns Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer -Original Message- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 5:19 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly From what I gather, FFmpeg is a command line utility though I've never used it, I have used Riva... which uses FFmpeg to do its conversions. As for CF, no. you'd probably have to write your own if that's the way you wanted to go with it. But encoding video files can be pretty strenuous on a machine and take quite a while. You'd probably be better off keeping a directory of the video files and use schedules to fire off a nightly task to convert video files from a specific directory or something. ...:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Burns, John D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:47 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly Bobby- Is this accessible via command line or something? I can't find any info on that or any way that it could be called from CF. John Burns Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer -Original Message- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:38 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly http://www.flashstreamworks.com/archive.php?post_id=1095873165 Riva just updated their free FLV Video encoder to version 1.2. The encoder is based on the FFMPEG video conversion command line tool (GNU LGPL). FFMPG http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/index.php .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Jason Rogoz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:31 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly Are they any plugings available that would allow one to upload a windows media file and convert it to a flash video file? Jason Rogoz Programmer / Analyst Zoom Communications Inc. Calgary, Alberta, Canada Office: (403) 229-2511 Fax: (403) 229-4211 Toll Free: 1-866-698-8932 www.zoomcom.ca http://www.zoomcom.ca/ ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:230304 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly
http://www.flashstreamworks.com/archive.php?post_id=1095873165 Riva just updated their free FLV Video encoder to version 1.2. The encoder is based on the FFMPEG video conversion command line tool (GNU LGPL). FFMPG http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/index.php ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Jason Rogoz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:31 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly Are they any plugings available that would allow one to upload a windows media file and convert it to a flash video file? Jason Rogoz Programmer / Analyst Zoom Communications Inc. Calgary, Alberta, Canada Office: (403) 229-2511 Fax: (403) 229-4211 Toll Free: 1-866-698-8932 www.zoomcom.ca http://www.zoomcom.ca/ ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:230269 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly
I've been searching for this as well. As far as I've found so far, there are no CFX or CFC wrapper tags available. I have, however, found a few command-line tools that can convert videos from one format to another (including FLV). If you search google for command line video conversion flv you should get a list of tools. You could then call them via CFEXECUTE. I'm not sure how flexible they are as far as resizing, resampling of audio/video rates, but if you're just looking at straight conversion, I don't see why, in theory, it wouldn't work. If you find anything else please let me know as this is coming up on my horizon shortly. John Burns Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer -Original Message- From: Jason Rogoz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:31 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly Are they any plugings available that would allow one to upload a windows media file and convert it to a flash video file? Jason Rogoz Programmer / Analyst Zoom Communications Inc. Calgary, Alberta, Canada Office: (403) 229-2511 Fax: (403) 229-4211 Toll Free: 1-866-698-8932 www.zoomcom.ca http://www.zoomcom.ca/ ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:230270 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly
I actually just did a preso on FFmpeg. It is strictly command line stuff but it will (hopefully) help the learning curve for FFmpeg so you can easily integrate it into your app. We just used it for a Flash+Zinc app. http://mmusergroup.breezecentral.com/p90631599/ On 1/23/06, Burns, John D [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been searching for this as well. As far as I've found so far, there are no CFX or CFC wrapper tags available. I have, however, found a few command-line tools that can convert videos from one format to another (including FLV). If you search google for command line video conversion flv you should get a list of tools. You could then call them via CFEXECUTE. I'm not sure how flexible they are as far as resizing, resampling of audio/video rates, but if you're just looking at straight conversion, I don't see why, in theory, it wouldn't work. If you find anything else please let me know as this is coming up on my horizon shortly. John Burns Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer -Original Message- From: Jason Rogoz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:31 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly Are they any plugings available that would allow one to upload a windows media file and convert it to a flash video file? Jason Rogoz Programmer / Analyst Zoom Communications Inc. Calgary, Alberta, Canada Office: (403) 229-2511 Fax: (403) 229-4211 Toll Free: 1-866-698-8932 www.zoomcom.ca http://www.zoomcom.ca/ ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:230271 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly
Bobby- Is this accessible via command line or something? I can't find any info on that or any way that it could be called from CF. John Burns Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer -Original Message- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:38 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly http://www.flashstreamworks.com/archive.php?post_id=1095873165 Riva just updated their free FLV Video encoder to version 1.2. The encoder is based on the FFMPEG video conversion command line tool (GNU LGPL). FFMPG http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/index.php ...:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Jason Rogoz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:31 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly Are they any plugings available that would allow one to upload a windows media file and convert it to a flash video file? Jason Rogoz Programmer / Analyst Zoom Communications Inc. Calgary, Alberta, Canada Office: (403) 229-2511 Fax: (403) 229-4211 Toll Free: 1-866-698-8932 www.zoomcom.ca http://www.zoomcom.ca/ ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:230272 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly
FFMPG http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/index.php This is used by many viedo re-encoding packages out thereI use for AVI to MPG conversion...works great!! I would not want this to be an on-the-fly process while the user waits. AVI to MPG conversion takes as long to convert as it does to play the videoupt to twice as long or a bit more... .so a user is not going and sit and wait all that time whilea video is converted. Of course this conversion may take place at a different time...in which case ignore me ;-) Cheers Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. phone: 250.480.0642 fax: 250.480.1264 cell: 250.920.8830 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.electricedgesystems.com ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:230273 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly
Jason Rogoz wrote: Are they any plugings available that would allow one to upload a windows media file and convert it to a flash video file? The Macromedia Flash authoring tool can do this conversion, with most (if not all) of the codecs currently available in the Windows Media Player. But from the rest of the conversation I'm wondering if you're looking for a serverside translation, unattended by human eyes? If so, that can get a little tricky, because the most desirable compression rates and frame rates are best performed from raw source file rather than arbitrary files which have already been compressed -- it's possible to get good results, but not guaranteed, depending on what type of content and initial .WMV compression settings were chosen. is the core problem here something like How can I let any visitor upload any .WMV file from their local machine to my server, so that I can automatically re-deliver it to the widest range of audience menmbers in Flash Video format? Or is the situation from the audience's viewpoint just a little bit different from that...? jd -- John Dowdell . Adobe Developer Support . San Francisco CA USA Weblog: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd Aggregator: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ Spam killed my private email -- public record is best, thanks. ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:230279 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly
From what I gather, FFmpeg is a command line utility though I've never used it, I have used Riva... which uses FFmpeg to do its conversions. As for CF, no. you'd probably have to write your own if that's the way you wanted to go with it. But encoding video files can be pretty strenuous on a machine and take quite a while. You'd probably be better off keeping a directory of the video files and use schedules to fire off a nightly task to convert video files from a specific directory or something. ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Burns, John D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:47 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly Bobby- Is this accessible via command line or something? I can't find any info on that or any way that it could be called from CF. John Burns Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer -Original Message- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:38 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly http://www.flashstreamworks.com/archive.php?post_id=1095873165 Riva just updated their free FLV Video encoder to version 1.2. The encoder is based on the FFMPEG video conversion command line tool (GNU LGPL). FFMPG http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/index.php :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Jason Rogoz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:31 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly Are they any plugings available that would allow one to upload a windows media file and convert it to a flash video file? Jason Rogoz Programmer / Analyst Zoom Communications Inc. Calgary, Alberta, Canada Office: (403) 229-2511 Fax: (403) 229-4211 Toll Free: 1-866-698-8932 www.zoomcom.ca http://www.zoomcom.ca/ ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:230281 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly
Well you could write a custom app that accepts params via CF (command line if need be) then fires ffmpeg accordingly. You could also write a directory watcher (seen one somewhere online) to watch a directory for uploads and fire off the custom app once something is fully ftp'd. Just thoughts... On 1/23/06, Bobby Hartsfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From what I gather, FFmpeg is a command line utility though I've never used it, I have used Riva... which uses FFmpeg to do its conversions. As for CF, no. you'd probably have to write your own if that's the way you wanted to go with it. But encoding video files can be pretty strenuous on a machine and take quite a while. You'd probably be better off keeping a directory of the video files and use schedules to fire off a nightly task to convert video files from a specific directory or something. ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Burns, John D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:47 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly Bobby- Is this accessible via command line or something? I can't find any info on that or any way that it could be called from CF. John Burns Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer -Original Message- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:38 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly http://www.flashstreamworks.com/archive.php?post_id=1095873165 Riva just updated their free FLV Video encoder to version 1.2. The encoder is based on the FFMPEG video conversion command line tool (GNU LGPL). FFMPG http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/index.php :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Jason Rogoz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:31 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly Are they any plugings available that would allow one to upload a windows media file and convert it to a flash video file? Jason Rogoz Programmer / Analyst Zoom Communications Inc. Calgary, Alberta, Canada Office: (403) 229-2511 Fax: (403) 229-4211 Toll Free: 1-866-698-8932 www.zoomcom.ca http://www.zoomcom.ca/ ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:230282 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly
what we have now is a solution where the client uploads windows media files that are played through their site via windows media player. We are having compatibilty issues with some mac and firefox users so the switch to flash video looks like a good alternative. Moving to flash video would most likely force us to convert all existing files and introduce a step for the client where they would have to convert the windows media file to an flv before they upload it. The solutions mentioned below may be enough to not make things too confusing for the client to convert to flv before uploading. Unless there is a way to have the flash player play windows media files. -Original Message- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January 23, 2006 3:19 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly From what I gather, FFmpeg is a command line utility though I've never used it, I have used Riva... which uses FFmpeg to do its conversions. As for CF, no. you'd probably have to write your own if that's the way you wanted to go with it. But encoding video files can be pretty strenuous on a machine and take quite a while. You'd probably be better off keeping a directory of the video files and use schedules to fire off a nightly task to convert video files from a specific directory or something. ...:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Burns, John D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:47 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly Bobby- Is this accessible via command line or something? I can't find any info on that or any way that it could be called from CF. John Burns Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer -Original Message- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:38 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly http://www.flashstreamworks.com/archive.php?post_id=1095873165 Riva just updated their free FLV Video encoder to version 1.2. The encoder is based on the FFMPEG video conversion command line tool (GNU LGPL). FFMPG http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/index.php .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Jason Rogoz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:31 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: convert windows media file to flash video on the fly Are they any plugings available that would allow one to upload a windows media file and convert it to a flash video file? Jason Rogoz Programmer / Analyst Zoom Communications Inc. Calgary, Alberta, Canada Office: (403) 229-2511 Fax: (403) 229-4211 Toll Free: 1-866-698-8932 www.zoomcom.ca http://www.zoomcom.ca/ ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:230285 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
