On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:19:43 +0100, www.j2be.com wrote:

> As a temporary solution you can create a simple php extension that
> relies on the ffmpeg executable
> or just call the executable with an exec function (popen, system, exec
> or anything else).
> Anyway there's no need to be so desperated or angry.
>
Well I know, I was just venting my frustration. Kinda feels good to just
say, like, yeah, this crap doesn't work, what the fuck's going on, yada
yada yada... Even if it's not really justified. But I reassure you I'm
not getting desperate or angry over this.
As for the direct call, via exec, to the ffmpeg exe, I know it's a
solution but I'd prefer using the php extension. Anyways, I'm now using
linux for this part.

I'd like your opinion on this: See, I'm putting up a website for a client
and there'll be video streaming and my client will upload his wmv's and
such via an admin interface. FFmpeg is just a way of making the process
as fluid as possible, convert the file to an flv file, grab a screen
capture and gather a few info such as duration etc However, when I asked
the web host if they could install it, they said no because the load on
the server would be too much. It's not like we're doing some youtube
thing and they have a 3.0Ghz Xeon box running red hat. What do you think
about that?

It's like, either we handle the conversion and screen capture locally
before uploading or we change to a web host that comes with ffmpeg
installed in it's php extensions...

> Have a nice day.

You too