Re: Convert video to FLV like youtube

Straightforward and useful, I have added it to the "videos conversion" snippets directory ;) Sokot Sameh, Nitsan Bin-Nun On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> wrote: > 2008/10/18 Ryan S <genphp@yahoo.com>: > > Hey! > > > > Been googleing for a way to convert video to flv just like youtube and > came accross the flv SDK kit, unfortunately it seems to only support C++, > Delphi and C# > > > > > > Have any of you guys come accross a php script that does this? any links, > pointers and code would be appreciated. > > > > Here is the script that I use to convert videos to flash for use on > http://dotancohen.com my personal website: > > hardy2@hardy2-laptop:~$ cat .bin/video-flv_png > #!/bin/bash > filename="$@" > filename=${filename%.*} > ffmpeg -sameq -i "$@" -s 640x480 -ar 44100 -r 25 $filename.flv -pass 2 > ffmpeg -itsoffset -0 -i "$@" -vcodec png -vframes 1 -an -f rawvideo > -s 640x480 $filename.1.png > ffmpeg -itsoffset -0.5 -i "$@" -vcodec png -vframes 1 -an -f > rawvideo -s 640x480 $filename.2.png > ffmpeg -itsoffset -1 -i "$@" -vcodec png -vframes 1 -an -f rawvideo > -s 640x480 $filename.3.png > > > > In addition to the video it creates three png files, from the first > few frames of the video. I choose one of these pngs (rm the other two) > and use it as the thumbnail for the video in the flash-based player. > Feel free to check out my site for example code. > > -- > Dotan Cohen > > http://what-is-what.com > http://gibberish.co.il > א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת > > ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü >