Online FLV Encoding Script?

[okendoze]

My intent is to allow my site's visitors to upload videos which immediately get converted to FLV for use with my site's FLV player. I know very little about streaming video, but I'm certain it's possible. Can it be done with PHP? If there is a free script available, where can I find it? Thanks in advance.

[jayapalchandran]

FFmpeg is one codes which can be installed in the server to do this work...
if your server is a shared server then it could be difficult . search for it...

[okendoze]

Must I know a programming language to set either of these up? I had a look at both and I'm having a hard time understanding how to get started. Flash Video MX SDK V2 costs $1000 and I'm not prepared to spend that much on this project. I may be able to continue with FFmpeg, but I'm unsure how. I found this site (http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/index.html) and it is unclear where I should go from there. Any guidance will be greatly appreciated.

[okendoze]

I'm still confused about how I can set it up.

[Jeff Mott]

FFmpeg is a standalone program. Your server-side program would make a system call to run it.

This thread may be helpful: http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=196988

[okendoze]

Server-side program? In what language? I read the documentation from the link on the other thread, but it makes little sense to me.

[Jeff Mott]

In any language. It doesn't matter which.

[okendoze]

Alright, thanks. Do you know of a tutorial I can look at?

[jayapalchandran]

http://howto-pages.org/ffmpeg/
http://www.ffmpeg.org/

this would help you more
http://www.iepak.com/30/TopicDetail.aspx
this might help you...