Hi there,
looks like video uploading goes mainstream. Loads of sites are adding
video upload capabilities. That is what I would like to add to my webapp
as well. Currently only picture upload is available via PHP and image
functions.
Can somebody please point me to a start on how to convert the video
files on the fly during upload into flash video? Similar to the image
functions available with php? Is there a modul available, any 3rd party
software you would recommend?
Thank you for any hint,
Merlin

Mon, 2006-09-04 at 10:59 +0200, Merlin wrote:

Can somebody please point me to a start on how to convert the video
files on the fly during upload into flash video? Similar to the image

If you are using *NIX you can use ffmpeg and something like system() or
passthrough(); to achieve some pretty impressive results.

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Paul Scott schrieb:
Mon, 2006-09-04 at 10:59 +0200, Merlin wrote:

>Can somebody please point me to a start on how to convert the video
>files on the fly during upload into flash video? Similar to the image

If you are using *NIX you can use ffmpeg and something like system() or
passthrough(); to achieve some pretty impressive results.

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Hi Paul,

thank you for the hint. ffmpeg seams to be a good way to create
thumbnails out of the video, but how to convert it on the fly to flash
video?

Regards,

Merlin

Mon, 2006-09-04 at 11:50 +0200, Merlin wrote:
thank you for the hint. ffmpeg seams to be a good way to create
thumbnails out of the video, but how to convert it on the fly to flash
video?

PHP extension called ming. Look for it somewhere on opaque.net

I am not sure if ming is still supported, but it used to be a really
cool extension. I have used it a lot to create flash movies in a mapping
application.

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Merlin wrote:
Hi there,

looks like video uploading goes mainstream. Loads of sites are adding
video upload capabilities. That is what I would like to add to my webapp
as well. Currently only picture upload is available via PHP and image
functions.

Can somebody please point me to a start on how to convert the video
files on the fly during upload into flash video? Similar to the image
functions available with php? Is there a modul available, any 3rd party
software you would recommend?

Thank you for any hint,

Merlin
If you are windows, maybe you could have a look at the swf encoder in
camstudio:

http://www.camstudio.org/

AJ

Merlin wrote:
Hi there,

looks like video uploading goes mainstream. Loads of sites are adding
video upload capabilities. That is what I would like to add to my webapp
as well. Currently only picture upload is available via PHP and image
functions.

Can somebody please point me to a start on how to convert the video
files on the fly during upload into flash video? Similar to the image
functions available with php? Is there a modul available, any 3rd party
software you would recommend?

Thank you for any hint,

Merlin

Why do that? Just let the user download the video! Why embed a video in
a Flash animating embedded on a Web page? It's stupid - and you have to
use Flash Player!