Convert MPEG/AVI to FLV at serverside

[FCSWork]

Hi dude,

Any idea on this?

I'm developing a video sharing website. User will upload a MPEG/AVI file and
then they will view the video in Flash player. I understand, once user upload
the AVI/MPEG file I need to encode the Video in FLV format at serverside. Is
there any API or Engine avilable to convert AVI/MPEG to FLV dynamically at
serverside?

I know FMS can play FLVs but will it be able convert MPEG/AVI to FLV format??

Any help will be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
-tamal.

[JayCharles]

On2's Flix Engine ( [url]http://www.on2.com[/url] ) does what you're asking... but I have
to say that I'm not completely satisfied with it's performance. It does a good
job with mov files and most avi files... but for some reason it choked on most
of the mpeg's I fed it... regardless of whether the codec was present on the
server.

There's been a new version released since I evaluated it, so perhaps there's
been some improvements.

If you don't need an API (as in you don't need a response to an application
server once a conversion is done) you can try Sorenson Squeeze. With Squeeze,
you can set up a "watch" directory, and squeeze will automatically convert and
files that show up in the directory. I haven't done this myself, but I've been
told it works well.

[phil@adocca]

I decided to give On2's Flix Engine a wide berth, purely because I didn't want
a gaping security hole in my network - it requires a Windows machine.

I'm going with Sorenson's watch folder solution.

[FlashTastic]

[url]http://ffmpeg-php.sourceforge.net/[/url]

Free... does what you want it to do. Can be automated 'cause it's command line.

[nukacola]

I can only suggest this...
[url]http://www.geovid.com/Video_to_Flash_Console/[/url]
good luck

[crystal]

Hi, I suggest E.M. Total Video Converter Command Line Version.
It is a powerful console utility for video conversion between almost all video types which can supply you an easy and effecient way to add video encoding features such as video editing, batch conversion, quality control, watermarking, subtitling and etc. to your server side application and build your own video hosting site on Windows and Linux server.
Hope it helps!

[Unregistered]

Hi dude,

Any idea on this?

I'm developing a video sharing website. User will upload a MPEG/AVI file and
then they will view the video in Flash player. I understand, once user upload
the AVI/MPEG file I need to encode the Video in FLV format at serverside. Is
there any API or Engine avilable to convert AVI/MPEG to FLV dynamically at
serverside?

I know FMS can play FLVs but will it be able convert MPEG/AVI to FLV format??

Any help will be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
-tamal.

hope, this would help you [url]http://www.geovid.com/Video_to_Flash_Converter_PRO/[/url]