Php-ffmpeg
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Php-ffmpeg
php-ffmpeg is a component that can be used in a php script. Here are some details:
- php-ffmpeg is free
- php-ffmpeg installation is similar to installing a perl module
- php-ffmpeg is used for many youtube clones
- unlike other scripts, php-ffmpeg supports all video types
install
login to unix shell and type:
wget http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ffmpeg-php/ffmpeg-php-0.5.0.tbz2 bunzip2 ffmpeg-php-0.5.0.tbz2; tar xvf ffmpeg-php-0.5.0.tar cd ~/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-php-0.5.0 phpize ./configure make make install echo 'extension=/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/ no-debug-non-zts-20020429/ffmpeg.so' >> /usr/local/Zend/etc/php.ini
verify it is working...
php -r 'phpinfo();' | grep ffmpeg
if it returns something like this:
ffmpeg ffmpeg support (ffmpeg-php) => enabled ffmpeg-php version => 0.5.0 ffmpeg.allow_persistent => 0 => 0
then you are all set!
The php script
Full Code
<?php
// Set our source file
$srcFile = "/path/to/clock.avi";
$destFile = "/path/to/clock.flv";
$ffmpegPath = "/path/to/ffmpeg";
$flvtool2Path = "/path/to/flvtool2";
// Create our FFMPEG-PHP class
$ffmpegObj = new ffmpeg_movie($srcFile);
// Save our needed variables
$srcWidth = makeMultipleTwo($ffmpegObj->getFrameWidth());
$srcHeight = makeMultipleTwo($ffmpegObj->getFrameHeight());
$srcFPS = $ffmpegObj->getFrameRate();
$srcAB = intval($ffmpegObj->getAudioBitRate()/1000);
$srcAR = $ffmpegObj->getAudioSampleRate();
// Call our convert using exec()
exec($ffmpegPath . " -i " . $srcFile . " -ar " . $srcAR . " -ab " . $srcAB . " -f flv -s " . $srcWidth . "x" . $srcHeight . " " . $destFile . " | " . $flvtool2Path . " -U stdin " . $destFile);
function makeMultipleTwo ($value) {
if ($value % 2)
return $value - 1;
else
return $value;
}
?>
