Uploading Videos To Server To Stream As Flash

[Ntrimgs]

I'm looking for a way to allow users to upload videos to the server and then stream as Flash (exactly like YouTube). Someone mentioned ffmpeg was one method to do that. I've looked that up and don't understand how I would go about using ffmpeg. Is it installed on the server? Is it a script you put in the parsing file for the upload?

Are there better methods of achieving this other than ffmpeg?

[Eye for Video]

To make it more user friendly to upload the videos you'll probably need something with a little better user interface than ffmpeg, unless all your visitors are really good at command line programming. PHPMotion is one solution. It uses ffmpeg to do the transcoding but has a more user friendly interface. Not the easiest or most friendly to install though.
We just had the most recent version installed on our server at
www.netsonic.net
And yes, ffmeg is installed server side, but you may need a dedicated server to do that. Unless you've installed a server or done other command line programming, you might want to get some help with the install.
Oh, and one more thing, YouTube doesn't stream video, they use progressive downloading... which is a whole lot less expensive than true streaming.
Best wishes,
Eye for Video
www.cidigitalmedia.com

[Ntrimgs]

Thanks for the info.

I guess I may have used the wrong term then. I need to create a site where the user can upload videos and have them displayed like YouTube. I never thought it would be this difficult to figure out but I'm having a tough time getting the info on it.

I would think that there would be a well known/well used method that sites incorporate for this because I see it all over the place.

[Eye for Video]

Well ffmpeg plays a big part in some of the sites... but this is not an easy project unless you are well versed in server management.
I guess is that most of what you are seeing are Content Management Systems (CMS) for video, like PHPMotion. In other words, you get a system that has already been created, because starting a project like this from scratch is not a project for the faint of heart.
Best wishes,
EfV