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Asked: 2026-05-16T19:58:46+00:00

Could someone please advise on what my options are when it comes to video

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Could someone please advise on what my options are when it comes to video type conversion in PHP. I have just discovered that our system uses something called ffmpeg. This isn’t a problem but when a website is transferred it does create a problem as this absolute command breaks websites.

system ('/usr/bin/ffmpeg -i '.$video.' -y -f flv -qmin 5 -qmax 9 -ar 22050 '.DATA_DIR . $new_filename);

As you can see, a transferred website would require to have this path on their host and most don’t.

So the question is this. I need to replace this. Is there some sort of PHP script or API that will make this work?

Is there any option other than pinging our own servers with the video and our video sending back the video in the new format?

Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Is there some sort of PHP script or API that will make this work?

    No. This is well beyond the scope of PHP. FFMPeg is indeed the household name for video conversion – the best thing is probably to stick with that.

    One workaround would be to set up a conversion service script on a server that supports ffmpeg, and all the other web sites sending the material to that server (if file sizes and traffic rates allow.)

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